Analysis of WHAT ZEN WOULD BE



Rest when weary, eat when hungry, drink when thirsty,
Naturally, breathe in and breathe out properly,
With comfort go to the toilet when necessary,
And don't complexify things are what ZEN would be


Scheme AAAA
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Rubaiyat 
Metre 111011101110 100010011100 110110101100 011111111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 195
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 158
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

Dedicated to everyone who wants to find peace in his life and esp. to my sisters t. Tuyet Anh Bui & t. Tuyet Dao Bui

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Written on August 12, 2018

Submitted by Tyna on September 07, 2021

Modified on March 28, 2023

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