Analysis of Wabi Sabi
He who visited the land of perfection,
Couldn’t witness the beauty of correction.
Has nothing to talk about its history,
Coz it takes cracks to seek & unwrap the mystery.
He who shares bonds with people,
Fears from flaws, fragile & feeble.
Rather rejecting, rectify right there,
Builds a broken vase, and a kintsugi to stare.
He who looks daily in the mirror,
Touches his scar & feels the vigour
Accepts them as treasures of life,
Continues to strive with that worn-torn knife.
For perfection is short-lived & temporary,
Lies within the grip of time's misery.
Finally, it’s the Fukanzen nature, which leaves no space
To unclasp the grip, but to start embracing the trace.
Scheme | AABB CCDD XBEE BBFF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 11100011010 1100101010 11011011100 111111010100 1111110 1111010 100101011 1010100111 111100010 1011101 01111011 0101111111 1010111100 1010111100 100101101111 110111101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 680 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
Embracing Imperfection >> Maintaining perfection The poem touches on four concepts of Wabi-Sabi: History through imperfection, instability of perfection, continuity with imperfection, and finally the inadequacy of perfection against time.
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