Analysis of THEIR CITIES
Glory Sasikala 1964 (Kolkata)
Their cities appeared on the map
She looked at his forehead and said
"The people in your city are intelligent."
He looked at her hands and said,
"Your city is clean and small!"
She looked in his eyes and said,
"A fresh breeze blows through your city"
He looked at her hair and said,
"There's a lovely river in yours."
She drew in her breath at his smile and asked,
"Why are the people in your city so happy?"
He watched her as she walked and said,
"Deer prance in your city."
She walked into his arms and said,
"You city is very warm."
He held her close and said,
"There are flowers in your city."
She closed her eyes and said,
"Evenings come too soon in your city."
He closed his eyes and said,
"There's a lullaby in yours."
When it was time to leave, she said,
"I wish I could come to your city."
And he replied,
"I wish I could come to yours."
Their cities disappeared from the map.
Scheme | A BXBXBCBDXCBCBXBCBCBDBCXD A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001101 11111001 010011010100 1110101 1101101 1101101 01111110 1110101 10101001 1100111101 110100110110 11011101 110110 11011101 1101101 110101 11100110 110101 101110110 111101 101001 11111111 111111110 0101 1111111 11001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 889 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 24, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 221 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
About this poem
A slightly flirtatious poem between two lovers.
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Written on February 04, 2022
Submitted by glorysasikala on February 04, 2022
Modified on March 31, 2023
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