A Critical Appreciation of the Poem "About His Person". Critic: Dr. Zik
Professor Simon Robert Armitage
The poem "About His Person" written by the poet laureate (honored on 10 May 2019), Professor Simon Robert Armitage from Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, is a wonderful piece of art, regarding its structure. I like all the lines, but the ones under discussion are the short lines.
The poet has used 50 % of Ziket’s style and structure in the poem (in 10 lines out of a total of 20 ones) unconsciously, as Dr. Maya Angelou did in her poem “Tears” where 100 % of Ziket’s colors have been found.
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John Donne in his poem “For Whom The Bell Tolls”,
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And if we look far behind in past, we see the Walt Whitman who did in his famous poem “O Captain! My Captain!”:
Ziket’s Shades in the poem of Walt Whitman the inventor of Free Verse Poetry:
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From the structural point of view, the poem "About His Person" is a Zikelite 50 % (50 % continuous Ziket) i.e, related to a shorter poetic form than Haiku (5,7,5) "Ziket", in English Literature in the post-modern period of English Literary History. It shows 50 % Ziket’s color throughout the reading as:
A Ziket:
1. A Ziket consists of two poetic lines.
2. The first line has 1 to 8 syllables and the second line has 1 to 5 syllables or vice versa.
The longest Ziket has a total of 13 syllables. e.g. Walt Whitman’s
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5. The shortest Ziket has a total of 2 syllables;
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one syllable in each poetic line.
In the poem “Lines on the Antiquity of Microbes” Strickland Gillilan has written two poetic lines in this way, the first line contains 2 syllables and the second line has also 2 syllables.
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Strickland W Gillilan has written this short poem unconsciously by the use of Ziket, a shorter poetic form than Haiku.
The poet has written 5 Zikets in 10 lines out of 20 ones to express the same theme. In this way, the poet has used 50 % Ziket's water to irrigate the beautiful flowers' bed of his poem. The research thesis on Zikorean literature is best for further study.
"About Me at a Glance"
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Who is Zikorean?
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The structural of the poem "About His Person"
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Five pounds fifty in change, exactly,
a library card on its date of expiry.
A postcard stamped, L-3
unwritten, but franked, L-4
(The first line has 4 syllables out of total of 5 ones, and the second line has 5 syllables out of total of 8 ones)
a pocket size diary slashed with a pencil
from March twenty-fourth to the first of April.
A brace of keys for a mortise lock,
an analogue watch, self winding, stopped.
A final demand L-9
in his own hand, L-10
(The first line has 5 syllables out of total of 5 ones, and the second line has 4 syllables out a f total of 8 ones)
a rolled up note of explanation
planted there like a spray carnation
but beheaded, in his fist. L-13
A shopping list. L-14
(The first line has 7 syllables out of total of 8 ones, and the second line has 4 syllables out a f total of 5 ones)
A givaway photgraph stashed in his wallet,
a kepsake banked in the heart of a locket.
no gold or silver, L-17
but crowning one finger. L-18
(The first line has 5 syllables out of total of 5 ones, and the second line has 6 syllables out a f total of 8 ones)
a ring of white unweathered skin. L-19
That was everything. L-20
(The first line has 8 syllables out of total of 8 ones, and the second line has 5 syllables out a f total of 5 ones)
It is a noteworthy addition to Zikorean Poetry. In the light of the aforementioned analysis, it can be said that the poet "Simon Armitage" is a great Zikorean poet.
Dr. Zik
Jhelum Pakistan
Phase - 2
16 Dec 2021
https://drzik.medium.com
(Article - 11, part - 1)
