Analysis of A Mother's Dream
Allama Muhammad Iqbal 1877 (Sialkot, Punjab) – 1938 (Lahore, Punjab)
As I slept one night I saw this dream
Which further increased my vexation
I dreamt I was going somewhere on the way
Dark it was and impossible to find the way
Trembling all over with fear I was
Difficult to take even a step with fear was
With some courage as I forward moved
I saw some boys as lined in nice array
Dressed in emerald-like raiment they were
Carrying lighted lamps in their hands they were
They were going quietly behind each other
No one knew where they were to go
Involved in this thought was I
When in this troupe my son saw I
He was walking at the back, and was not walking fast
The lamp he had in his hand was not lighted
Recognizing him I said 'O My dear!
Where have you come leaving me there?
Restless due to separation I am
Weeping every day for ever I am
You did not care even a little for me
What loyalty you showed, you left me'!
As the child saw the distress in me
He replied thus, turning around to me
'The separation from me makes you cry
Not least little good does this to me'
He remained quiet for a while after talking
Showing me the lamp then he started talking
'Do you understand what happened to this?
Your tears have extinguished this'!
Scheme | XX AA BB XA CC CX DD XX XX EE FF FF DF GG HH |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 111111111 1100111 1111101101 111001001101 1001101111 100111001111 111011101 1111110101 10101110 10010101110 101010001110 11111011 0101111 10111111 1110101011101 01110111110 100111111 11111011 101101011 10100111011 11111001011 110011111 101100101 1011100111 001011111 111011111 101101011010 10101111010 110111011 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,154 |
Words | 231 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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