Analysis of Path and the way



PATH  AND  THE  WAY
=================
,I've told you  before
 And I'll repeat  It Again:
It's not my fault  but
My way to confirm the Truth

In front of a mirror
Crowd have put me like a parrot,
And behind the mirror
The Teacher tells me what to say.

Whether I am perceived
As a thorn or a rose, it's
The Gardener who has fed
 And nourished me day to day.

Don't judge my Bleaching power
I use it as a bleach to wash
The color of hypocrisy away.

All that laughing and weeping
Coming from some other place;

Please do not ask me
Why I am, standing,here
My simple reply
,I can see both the Path and the Way.

~~~~Jawahar Gupta ~~~

The poem is adapted from an Ancient Gurukul  traditional conversation,,


Scheme A BXCX DCDA XXXA DXA XX XBXA X X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1001 1 11101 0101101 11111 1110101 011010 11111010 001010 01011111 101101 1011011 0100111 0101111 1111010 11110111 0101010001 1110010 1011101 11111 1111 11001 111101001 110 0101010111010100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 672
Words 133
Sentences 5
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 11, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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