A Question



When a poisonous snake lifts its head to bite
Doesn't it look like a question mark?
However, human beings still can't
Answer any questions of snakes
Inevitably
Human beings have such a mysterious relationship with snakes

My mother says---
Some human beings are more dangerous
Than the snakes
Thousands die with their one bite
Indeed
People should learn from the snakes
How can they unpoison themselves from the curse?

About this poem

The conflict of the human mind is revealed in the poem 'A Question'. Here is a comparison of poisonous snakes and human misdeeds. So the snake hood is a question mark for the human race?

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Submitted by girishgoiric on April 26, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXBXB XXBAXBX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 422
Words 73
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 7

GIRISH GOIRIC

Bio of Girish Goiric: Girish Goiric is a prominent poet, editor, translator and organiser. He was born in Bangladesh on 15 August 1987. He started writing at a very early age when he was around 5 years old. When he was studying in school, he made an impression by reading Ramayana, an epic by Valmiki, and Mahabharata, an epic by Krishna-Dwaipayan Vyasa, at the young age. Till now, four of his Bengali poetry books have been published titled Khudharto Dhaner Namta (2016), Ma Adiporbo (2017), Dom (2018) and Meditationguccho (2020). He's edited a collection of interviews of Bangladesh’s famous poet, Nirmalendu Goon, named Boithok Khanai Nirmalendu Goon (2020). He has founded a multilingual international online literary magazine named Poem Vein (www.poemvein.com). He's the editor and publisher of this magazine. He's also a general editor of Bangladesh Kobita Moncho, a notable organisation of Bangladeshi poets. In 2018, Nabangkur arranged a solo poetry reading session of him at a historical place of Kolkata, College Street Coffee House. Also, his first solo poetry reading session was organised by Hrithibeeroth in 2017 in Bangladesh. He gave a speech at Banipur Art Society and Institute of Culture, India. He attended several literary festivals at home and abroad, including SAARC Literature Festival. He studied B. Com and M. Com in Accounting at National University, Bangladesh. After changing several jobs, he found his passion in journalism. Currently, he's working at a popular national daily newspaper of Bangladesh, The Daily Janakantha. His poems have been translated into numerous languages and published in the famous literary newspapers of Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, England, India, Maldives, Nepal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, and many more. more…

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