Analysis of A Reluctant Acknowledgement
I was not ready to acknowledge
How long I have been traveling
Probably in the anxious shadow of
Mystery of the final destination unraveling
I was not ready to acknowledge
Not because the journey was not worthwhile
But the relentless critic in me yelled:
You are not exactly lily of the Nile
The train did not stop at the places I had in mind
Yet witnessed some unexpected beautiful scenery:
Achievement mountains with colorful blossomed tops
And joyous springs amidst pastures of greenery
My naiveté to spread pleasantries
Took me to some unwanted troubled places
My heart seemed incapable of learning
Though I kept running into the same faces
Lost some things in the translation of immigration
But certainly not the core values of decency
I am comforted it would be carried forward
As my beloved future generations currency
The loved ones trusted in my goodness
That helped me become even a better person
Luck gave me nurturing, compassionate comradery
Showering me with sitar tunes from heaven
Existence particles got distributed in my co-travelers
And I suppose theirs in my life too
Is this what is called as immortality?
Mankind’s response to life’s fatality?
Never mind, at some point in adolescence
I dreamt of but could not become a celebrity
It is enough that the destination in the clouds
Surely would be enveloped in tranquility
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101010 11111100 100001011 10010100100100 111101010 1010101111 1001010011 11101010101 0111110101101 1101010100100 010101100101 010101101100 1111100 11110101010 1110100110 11110010110 111000101010 1100101101100 111001111010 110110010100 011100110 111011001010 11110001001 10011011110 01010010100011100 010110111 1111110100 1101110100 1011110010 1111110100100 110110010001 101101000100 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,346 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 225 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem when I was overwhelmed with emotions when my family surprised me with a lovely birthday party.
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Written on March 26, 2024
Submitted by kishore_d on December 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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