Analysis of The Lame Horse
M. R. Malik 1994 (Kashmir)
My master why you evict me?
As put I heavy loads so free
But master always used to whip!
Metallic-hoof is like a ship.
Now, see my leg is lame in vain;
You neednt a horse that is a lame.
No grass is kept for me in stable
Because, you want to turn the table.
I amble in streets for nights and days,
And sometimes live in filthy-ways.
Yet people applause me with cold stones,
I am the useless flash and bones.
Taja is old as gold as moon
She gives me hay at every noon:
A human amongst animals found,
Being animals as they are unsound.
This story is mine true of life,
Why are the horses portrayed by strife?
We take your loads on back so fast,
You left us empty hands at last.
| Scheme | AA BB XX CC DD EE FF GG HH II |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11011011 11110111 1101111 01011101 11111101 11011101 111111010 011111010 110011101 00110101 110011111 11010101 1111111 111111001 010011001 1010011101 11011111 110100111 11111111 11110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 688 |
| Words | 163 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
The lame horse is real poem about the horse, who lost his leg in an accident.His master was so greedy that he evicted his slave, the horse because he could not take heavily loads.The horse became lame and was wandered from place to place. No one gave shelter to him except an old women, who used to give him food. In this poem , the horse is the narrator and demands the justice from his cruel master.The poem is written in Iambic tetrameter and have a good rhyme scheme.
Written on May 30, 1994
Submitted by mr8037026 on March 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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