Path and the way
PATH AND THE WAY
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,I've told you before
And I'll repeat It Again:
It's not my fault but
My way to confirm the Truth
In front of a mirror
Crowd have put me like a parrot,
And behind the mirror
The Teacher tells me what to say.
Whether I am perceived
As a thorn or a rose, it's
The Gardener who has fed
And nourished me day to day.
Don't judge my Bleaching power
I use it as a bleach to wash
The color of hypocrisy away.
All that laughing and weeping
Coming from some other place;
Please do not ask me
Why I am, standing,here
My simple reply
,I can see both the Path and the Way.
~~~~Jawahar Gupta ~~~
The poem is adapted from an Ancient Gurukul traditional conversation,,
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Submitted on May 11, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BXCX DCDA XXXA DXA XX XBXA X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 672 |
Words | 133 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 1 |
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