Analysis of A Suicidal Mugger
Bright faces coddle in dark designs
They are in their pre-state
Coals migrate from the diamond mines
Too delicate to stand pressure and heat
Of their unbearable abodes
And unexhausted work of slimy peat
Some skillful hands bring them
In the mind-set factories
To trim and shape in the form of a gem
Fake colour fake shape do they gain
For the sake of mortal yield
Aim begins at home goal ends in pain
In the smoky air black cloud appears
With reddish firry sparks
Black hands black faces and black tears
Around the bloody stove shed all our dears
(Anjum Aziz Abbas)
Scheme | AXA BAB CXC DXD EXEA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100101 110111 1110101 1100111001 1101001 0111101 110111 0011100 1101001101 1111111 1011101 101111101 001011101 11011 11110011 01010111101 1 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 567 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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