Analysis of There Lies a Woman
There, in front of the old pagoda, lies a woman.
She blocks the driveway quietly on her side.
The local traffic passes by like a hoodlum.
They seem to think here ignoring is right.
There, in front of the old pagoda, lies a woman,
smartly dressed in accordance with fashion,
but the ashen face keeps away the footman.
No eyes to look at her with compassion.
There, in front of the old pagoda, lies a woman,
severely wounded, and probably dead.
The head rest on her arm, stiffened by then.
One look and forever this image is etched.
There, in front of the old pagoda, lies a woman.
No monk is watching over her with respect.
Even the Buddhist here seems lost in nowhere.
He just waits for the money he may expect.
Scheme | Axxx Aaaa Axxx Abxb |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1011010101010 1101100101 010101011010 1111101011 1011010101010 1010010110 10101101010 1111101010 1011010101010 0101001001 0111011011 11001011011 1011010101010 11110100101 1001011101 11110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 699 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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