Analysis of Reverend Father
REVEREND FATHER
They left their homes
Donned the white robe
Left their country shores
Never thought of how to cope
What made them leave
what gave them that spark
only because I believe
they wanted our country to come out from dark.
Impart education, their motto
India – a newly born nation
With an Insatiable hunger to know and grow
They packed their bags to this destination.
Their bags with a Bible and a rosary
Their hearts full of love
Desire further than nothing but to lift a nation out of misery
Instil characters into men and make them tough
Blackboard under a tree
Students not more than a few
Vision that only they could foresee
Enthusiasm that none could subdue
Reverend Fathers – they filled us with awe
Characters made of steel
Our growth they oversaw
In our land they dug their heel
Chests filled with pride
Students breaking into stride
Failures no more looked daunting
They instilled courage with mentoring.
Building blocks of knowledge
They led you through altar of learning
Gave your skills the steely edge
Left you with a desire and yearning
Shakespearian classics and dramatics
Debates that sparkled with intense semantics
Competition those were healthy
Built love for the vocabulary
King Arthur’s farewell
Saw father on top of the table
Engrossed in enacting English language nuances
Bewildered students immersed in the fable.
A tall strapping personality
Or sporting a diminutive frame
They all were strong on morality
With a forceful inner flame
Leaders that we boys of yore are today
It's nothing but their efforts and pain
That molded us in this way
To rise, fall and rise again
Those telescopes for Astronomy
They were your gift
For generations to observe as a testimony
You as those very shining stars in the sky now adrift
Games that brought in healthy rivalry
Bringing out skills one did not fathom
Team work and leadership that brought in chivalry
Drummed in the team, a rhythm
Dramatics Histrionics on stage
Foundations of leadership laid
Debates that were a rage
One’s reasoning skills weighed
Actors, artists, doctors, and engineers we may be
At heart, it's nothing but that spirit and lather
The toil, the sweat of the spirit that made us unafraid to face life and not flee
It's to thee we bow our heads, Reverend Father
They have as chosen ones to wear the habit
To go about and thrive in God's creed
Never did they let their own faith in our minds inhabit
But like chisels, they shaped our characters and morals indeed
Started as a hut
Today a monument of trust
The school that stands tall today
It was but a seed of faith yesterday
Recognition for them may be scarce
It’s that towering edifice called school
That stands testimony and is not a farce
For generations to make a journey so meaningful
Generations may come and go
Students irrespective of their caste color or creed
As they become men with fortitude and grow
They can never forget their great sacrifices indeed.
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Metre | 10010 1111 1011 11101 1011111 1111 11111 1001101 110101011111 01010110 100010110 110100101101 111111010 11101000100 11111 0101011011101011100 11000110111 11001 1011101 101101101 010011101 1001011111 100111 101110 01011111 1111 1010011 1011110 101101100 101110 111110110 1110101 1110010010 1100010 01110101010 0101010 11100100 1101 110111010 0100101010100 01010010010 01100100 110001001 110110100 1010101 1011111101 110111001 1101011 1110101 11010100 1011 101010110100 11110101001101 111010100 101111110 11010110100 1001010 01001011 0101101 011001 110011 1010100101111 111101110010 0101101011101111011 1111110110010 11110111010 110101011 101111110101010 1110111010001001 10101 01010011 0111101 111011110 01011111 1110010011 1110001101 1010110101100 0101101 1000101111011 1101111001 1110011110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 3,001 |
Words | 565 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 81 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
As India became independent in 1947 a group of fathers from USA belonging to Society of Jesus set up a school, Loyola school in Jamshedpur. As this completes 75 years this year and bears testimony to these great personalities I write this on Independence day today for Father Dineen, Power, Roberts Graham. Thank you Fathers for making more than a man out of me and instilling in me a love of the language.
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Written on August 15, 2022
Submitted by MacU on August 15, 2022
Modified on April 17, 2023
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