Analysis of The Earth's Fragrant Farewell to Love



Under the first rain's gentle embrace,
I sat at the gate, a smile on my face,
Inhaling the earth's sweet, familiar scent,
"Mitti ki khushboo," a cherished event.

Once, I'd envisioned us dancing in the rain,
Laughing and walking, free from all pain,
But today, as the raindrops fell from above,
I found solace in nature, in the absence of love.

No thoughts of a future, no yearning for more,
Just the rain, the clouds, and the earth to explore,
A realization dawned as the rain washed away,
All that arrives must depart, come what may.

Alone, I sat, with fear and confusion in my heart,
Our love fading, drifting apart,
Yet the rain whispered a lesson, simple and true,
That everything passes, both the good and the blue.


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 100111001 1110101111 0100110101 11101001 11010110001 100101111 1011011101 1110010001011 11101011011 10101001101 010101101101 1101101111 0111110010011 101101001 101100101001 11010101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 723
Words 148
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 32

About this poem

It is the poem i wrote thinking about my boyfriend with whom i have a long distance relation which is now fading while watching the rain of the season.

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Submitted by singhalpari03 on April 13, 2024

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