Waste
Poem
WASTE
K.R.BALAKRISHNAN
A bag full of waste on the street ,I threw
Knowing it so unlawful
Watched on the sly who might take it, for gold.
A bunch of bridal dress, someone might think
Some enchanting mystic spells, someone might think
A horrifying bombshell, some might think
Or a degenerated bundle of cloaks, or left over food.
Nobody took it, for fear or for hatred
As it is not suited for the decent lot
To pilfer someone's private self ;
The highway police even , did not care
The passers-by and trespassers did not heed
Perhaps it may explode on touch.
A grieving person was bold enough to touch it at last ;
He opened my bunch of poems
Posted somewhere in a portal!
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Submitted on May 11, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XAX BBBX XXX XXX XXA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 720 |
Words | 126 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 3, 3 |
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