Analysis of Dead Glory

Greeshma Nandanan 1988 (Chennai)



A beauty,
they called her,
She was white
as snow,
There wasn't a single man,
whom
she didn't know,
A thousand women,
she'd feasted upon,
For her skin so tender,
so silky,
as dawn.
But who was to know
that her skin
white as snow?
Was a crimson deal
with the dead,
6 feel below?
And now,
the men knew her
as the only woman,
Who remained alive,
When the rest
were no more.


Scheme ABCDEFDGHBAIDJDKLDMBGNOP
Poetic Form
Metre 010 110 111 11 1100101 1 1101 01010 11001 101110 110 11 11111 101 111 10101 101 101 01 0110 101010 10101 101 011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 373
Words 92
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 276
Words per stanza (avg) 74

About this poem

The macabre story of a woman's beauty secret.

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Written on December 08, 2013

Submitted by greeshma.nandanan on July 31, 2022

Modified on March 06, 2023

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Greeshma Nandanan

An author of a published book, she began writing at the age of 8, and publishing, at the age of 11. She is fascinated by horror but what's even more fascinating, if not a little enchanting, is that all her work is based off her dreams. It's true. She dreamed this poem too and remembers how the lady looked, felt, and smelt. more…

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