Analysis of The Subtle Way



And just as a Mother weeps
for her children,unloved
My heart,my eyes and I too weep
fir my children,unread
But,just as a Mothers child
forgets not to live
so do all my children to
cease not to be.

I may not live enough to say
Look,I made a mark
But,when my head shall turn to grey
 and spine shall to arc
then all my children tenderly
shall one day say to me

'This we un-nailed in the dungeon
that was on the rock
This we un-wrote in the valleys
that was on the wall'

So,my sweetest countrymen
Have you ever heard,
the poignant wails
of a Mother's cry
The Subtle Way,she does?
If nay be your answer then
Tell me should my wails,
Parch just the seven skies
or go far beyond?


Scheme XAXAAXAB CDCDBB XXXX XAEXXXEXA
Poetic Form
Metre 0110101 101 1110111 111 110101 01111 1111101 1111 11110111 1101 1111111 01111 11110100 111111 11110010 11101 11110010 11101 110100 11101 0101 10101 01011 1111101 11111 110101 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 682
Words 153
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 4, 9
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

This poem is about the journey of a poet to recognition;more about the former than about the latter.A poet and a mother are juxtaposed and the symbolism betokens much.

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Written on September 30, 2022

Submitted by hudazakria1236 on September 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mishkat

I have recently graduated in BS English Literature.I have already published my anthology by tge name midnight conversation but this poem has not been published anywhere before.I consider writing to be a compulsive phenomenon. more…

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