Analysis of Zen part 2
Learned man in quest
Met a Master with a request
Realization and Delusion
Games played by the mind
Giving and Recieving are figments of our thinking
Truth is Emptiness and Nothingness
Master listened with interest
Took out a Bamboo stick
Struck hard with intent
Man got up with rage
Calmly replied the stage
If nothing is the source
When met with force
From where did spring your anger and remorse
A great master
Teaching his disciples
Jealous of his fame
From afar a man came
Challenged him to a debate
Started off with haste
The Buddha's power
Could stand with a brush
On one side of the river
On the other bank the paper
He could still paint a picture
What is your power ?
Master quipped the only power I possess
I drink when I'm thirsty
I eat when I'm hungry
Keen on acquiring the skills
To be a great Martial Artist
A student asked the teacher
How long will it take to completely master
Ten years was the answer
Written on a paper
I want it earlier
I'm willing work harder
Now what's your answer
20 years he wrote on the paper
Flag fluttering in the blowing wind
2 observing men questioned
Wind is moving said one Its the Flag said the other
Walked by a Zen Master
Neither are moving and it doesn't matter
It's your mind that's moving causing the flutter
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 10101001 10100010 11101 100111011010 111000100 1010110 110011 11101 11111 100101 110101 1111 1111110001 0110 101010 10111 101011 1011001 10111 01010 11101 1111010 10101010 1111010 11110 10101010101 111110 111110 1101001 11011010 0101010 11111101010 111010 101010 111100 110110 11110 1111010 110000101 010110 1110111011010 110110 10110011010 11111010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,215 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 15, 10, 6 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 254 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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