Analysis of The School Building



That old yellow school building,
Small windows, iron entrance,
the narrow path.
All I found in the video clipping.

It was sent by my old pal
who is still there.
but I am far from my past.
Only vision let me near.

When I close my outward eyes.
Open the inward.
Still, I hear bedlams
Of frolicking boys.

Many of my old pals
are still alive.
Few of them are no more.
But in my vision all are alive.

The video of building is real
but it is transient.
My vision is only past
but it is permanent.


Scheme ABXA XXCX XXBX XDXD XECE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1110110 1101010 0101 1110010010 1111111 1111 1111111 1010111 1111101 10010 1111 11001 101111 1101 111111 101101101 010011011 11110 1101101 111100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 494
Words 116
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by swarup on June 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Swarup Bhattacharya

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