Analysis of Tears of a Dead River



Here was a deep, long, and youthful river,
Full of water; transparent, clear, and giver
Water flowed over his broad heart,
Through the meadows, towards the destination chart
Like is a restless, dancing girl; bright and free
By the side of the field, grass and tree.

My ancestors, grandfather, and great grandfather
Everyone, used to drink its water.
They were healthy and strong,
It’s a narrow canal now, is something wrong!
People no longer drink the water of this river,
Even animals don't like to drink it ever.

The color of water is black, and smells bad
We are responsible for this, but we don't feel sad.
Polythene, dyeing chemicals, tannery waste all mixed like jam,
The other side is the monster, demon Farakka Dam.
Tide its current, tide its flow and dart,
Tide the great, youthful river's heart.

Now it is tired, narrow, and being desert,
Lost wave's flow of his loving sweetheart!
But, I want to be optimistic, to be dreamer,
Dream a livable world and dream to make it greener.
Dream an eco-friendly environment, lively along
Overflow’s river with a cheerful song.


Scheme AABBCC AADDAA EEFFBB XBAADD
Poetic Form
Metre 1101101010 11100101010 10110111 1010100101 11010101101 101101101 110100110 10111110 101001 10100111101 1011010101110 101001111110 01011011011 1101001111111 110100111111 010110101011 111011101 10110101 111101001010 11111101 111110101110 1010010111110 11101001001001 101010101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,087
Words 206
Sentences 10
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 210
Words per stanza (avg) 46

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A poetry on Climate change.

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Written on May 03, 2023

Submitted by popy_c on May 03, 2023

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Popy Chowdhury

Popy Chowdhury is a Graduate student at Queens College and pursuing her bachelor’s degree in arts in June 2023. She was born and raised in Bangladesh. Arts and literature have been her passion from childhood. Currently she is trying to write in English. more…

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