Analysis of A poem from the void



Sometimes a good poem
Is a voice that soothes,
A thought that has been yours,
For years now.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the one you can’t write,
Is the one you have daydreamed of,
And don’t find in a nightmare.
You can’t figure out
Where if it lies in,
The morbid roads, or,
The dodged destinations.
Sometimes a good poem
Is a promise,
Full of strength,
But no intention to fulfill it.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the best friend that you’ll ever have,
Unknown words holding your hands
Till you’ve known them like no one.
Sometimes a good poem
Is a song
Like that of a summer bird;
Is a platonic affair of spices,
Simmering at the slightest heat
But so rich in flavour
That you almost feel it is passionate.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the one that places all its bets on you,
For you to lose everything to it;
Knows
How sweet your cupcake,
How bitter your coffee,
How bright your day,
How sad your smile,
How genuine your words,
How true your love,
How abandoned your memory,
How lonely your company,
Is.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the one that can be enclosed,
And kept safe in your diary;
Is the one that can be read
Without knowing how to,

Is the one that remembers to say
Good bye
Before it becomes vulnerable as death;
Is that one that brings back love
From the graveyard.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the one without sermons or preaching,
One without pain,
One without grief.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the one without the need to recuperate,
One that always tends to infinity,
One without questions
But, all the answers you’ve discovered;
Is the one without words,
But all of them weaved together
In strands of verses that
Sound like hymns.
Sometimes a good poem is
A gain,
A gibberish,
A glum.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the one,
That makes you write better.
Sometimes a good poem
Is the one that exists
For you as a purpose.
Sometimes a good poem
Just is.


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Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 010110 10111 011111 111 010110 101111 1011111 011001 11101 11110 01011 01010 010110 1010 111 110101011 010110 101111101 0111011 1111111 010110 101 1110101 1001001110 10010101 11101 111111100 010110 10111011111 11111011 1 1111 110110 1111 1111 110011 1111 10101100 1101100 1 010110 10111101 01101100 1011111 011011 101101011 11 01101100011 1111111 101 010110 1010110110 1011 1011 010110 10101011010 111110100 10110 110101010 101011 11111010 011101 111 0101101 01 0100 01 010110 101 111110 010110 101101 111010 010110 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,865
Words 400
Sentences 14
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 45, 30
Lines Amount 75
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 723
Words per stanza (avg) 174

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Submitted by pandapratikhya71 on December 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Pratikhya Panda

Pratikhya Panda, is a writer by passion. She is also an orator. She has always taken a keen interest in English language and literature; she loves reading and so, finds a good time for books. She started writing at a very young age, especially poems. She considers herself as a learner and so, believes that her words are an expression of the lessons she's taught by life. She is from Bhubaneswar, India. more…

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