Analysis of Freeing Them to The Stars
I gave some of my secrets to fire
They disappeared into the flames,
Parts of them became smoke
Part of them became ash-
They were my sacrifice to fire.
I gave some of my secrets to water
Sitting on the exposed roots of the
Ancient banyan tree by the river,
I whispered my secrets to her water.
The river caught them in her ripples and
Took them away towards the blue ocean-
Far beyond my horizon.
I gave some of my secrets to the wind
Some to the sweet breeze of summer evening
Some to the chilly wind of harsh winter
Some to the silky fresh spring air-
Wind took them away, far away-
Towards some unknown valley.
I gave some of my secrets to earth
I buried them deep underground
Earth accepted them in silence.
One day some of those seeds of secret
May sprout into tiny green seedlings
And spread their little leaves to the sun.
Some of the secrets I could not share-
All of them were imprisoned
Inside the dark interior of my heart.
Sometimes I heard
The faint flapping of their wings,
Their silent appeal for freedom.
Then on one moonless summer night
When the sky was full of stars,
I opened my heart’s door with a sharp blade-
Leaving behind a red sea of sorrow,
All those imprisoned secrets
Flew away joyfully towards the stars.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110110 1010101 111011 111011 10110110 1111110110 101001110 101011010 1101101010 0101100100 1101010110 1011010 1111110101 1101111010 1101011110 11010111 11101101 0110110 111111011 1101110 10101010 111111110 110110110 011101101 110101111 1110010 01010100111 0111 0110111 11001110 1111101 1011111 1101111011 1001011110 1101010 1011000101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,257 |
Words | 255 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 6, 12, 6 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 196 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
About this poem
Just some thoughts of summer night
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Written on February 10, 2022
Submitted by mallika on February 10, 2022
Modified on March 28, 2023
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