Analysis of A Chilling Winter
Sharmila Shankar 1982 (Mumbai)
Is it really colder this winter?
Or is the world growing colder towards one another?
Shouldn’t it have been cooler rather than colder?
The sounds of machine guns held by men toting them have replaced those of snow guns…
Where snow blades should have been seen,
Bladed weapons are umpteen,
No church bells can be heard,
But they are simply tolling for the dead.
Men are not masked as Santa Claus spreading joy,
But rather the sickness by going around without masks with an intent to destroy…
Not yet another thrilling winter but…
Such a chilling winter! Such a chilling winter!
| Scheme | AAAX BBXX CC X A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010110 11011010011010 11111010110 011011111101111111 1111111 1010111 111111 1111010101 11111101101 110010110010111101101 1101010101 101010101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 589 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
It is about the growing tensions all around the world during the Coronavirus pandemic
Font size:
1 fan
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"A Chilling Winter" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 12 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/118618/a-chilling-winter>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Sharmila Shankar poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In