Analysis of An Artist's Travail
Jaleel Akhtar 1979 (Lahore)
This statued repose
Is not to seek
In the lyrical vase of your body
An electric pulse
Is what streams
Throbbing
In these wreathed veins
The very blood of the artist
From the depths of his heart
Is sapped
Into a comely shape
Dancing
In the round
His tunefulness lends
The lyrical vase of your body
A few little sexy curves
Oh Body made to worship
You cannot tell apart
The heartbeat from the heart
How can I know
The potter
From the pot?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKFLMCNOIIPQR |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1111 0010011110 10101 111 10 0111 01011010 101111 11 010101 10 001 111 010011110 0110101 1101110 110101 01101 1111 010 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 418 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 22 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 352 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on January 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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