Analysis of Autumn Musings

Srutimala Duara 1964 (Guwahati, Assam)



When the gold leaf fell,
my eyes feasted on its richness -
a leaf waltzing down
to earth
becoming a part of its mosaic.

When the rains swirled
with the wind swishing by,
my wet eyes
watered the river,
becoming a part of its flow.

The gold and the umber
that carpet my life,
the river that runs through me
give me the feeling -
in every breath autumn is in me

Can I sail through life
with regal ease,
to arrive at winter's door
with slow grace?
The days of my life swirling
to the ground
like the rich gold autumn leaves
Soil, wet with the rains
A promise of green


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Poetic Form
Metre 10111 11101110 01101 11 0100111010 1011 10111 111 10010 01001111 01001 11011 0101111 11010 0100110101 11111 1101 1011101 111 0111110 101 1011101 11101 01011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 598
Words 137
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 9
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

A reflective poem on years that have slipped by. Now it's autumn. Spring has long disappeared

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Written on October 30, 2021

Submitted by srutimala_d on December 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Srutimala Duara

Srutimala Duara is a writer and an academician from Assam, India. She has published 4 collections of poetry, 4 collections of short story, 2 novels, and travel book. She was awarded the “Naari Shakti Award” in April 2015; "Woman of the Year 2016" by International Human Rights Council (Assam Chapter) ; “Women Achievers' Award in Literature" by D. S. Creation, January 2019. Indian Women Achievers Award in Literature by Asian Literary Society in 2021. more…

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