Analysis of Uncertainty

Rohan Goel 1993 (Punjab)



Life’s an hourglass,                                       
and the sand’s slipping, moment by moment, stealthily but steadily,
Unseen by our eyes, unknown by our presence,
but this mystery is a bliss.

For the conflict arises when one senses,
the formidable existence of the ticking time.

The restless mind, desiring to conquer,
cherishing charm but at present frightened.

Dreaming to rise, be seen and admired,
realizes the passing seconds against the unknown paths and goal.

When bosom and brain and time decide,
to disagree with each other’s perspective,
arises an overwhelming surge of emotions,
despair, dreadfulness, hopelessness and aberration.

The choices change with time,
henceforth, the past decision being followed currently,
may stand in opposition to the changed self in this moment,
and thus, the dilemma of choice and the burden of repercussions.

The sane may suppress the desire,
but cumulating desires make one insane.

The logic stands right in front of the consciousness,
endeavoring to focus one on the ongoing road,
but one single seed of a rebellious thought,
is just like that lurking dull pain troubling the soul in the midst of apparent health.

The mind knows the way,
but the heart doesn’t wants to travel,
because the heart knows the destination,
to which the mind knows no path.

Thousands of questions with millions of answers,
but the irony stands in the fact,
of absence of that single satisfactory reply,
which can remove all the shadows.

There is no uneasiness alike,
when one’s dream becomes just another thing.

When that profound feeling of being lost,
prevails all over one’s thoughts.

Sometimes, the solution comes early,
and sometimes, ages fall apart.

And what’s always left is uncertainty.


Scheme XAXX XB CX XX XXDE BAXD CX XXXX XXEX XXXX XX XX AX A
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 001101011011100 0111010111010 11100101 10100101110 0100001010101 01010100110 1001111010 1011110010 1000101001001101 11001011 10011110010 010101011010 0111000010 010111 11010101010100 11001010110110 0100101100101010 011010010 110101101 010110110100 0100110110101 11101100101 111110111000100110101 01101 10111110 010110010 1101111 10110110110 101001001 110111001001 1101101 11110001 1110110101 1101101101 0111011 010010110 00110101 001110100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,760
Words 326
Sentences 14
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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Written on September 06, 2022

Submitted by dr.rohangoel on September 06, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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