Analysis of That Burn



I remember it to be my last pleasant evening,
The beautiful sunset and the breeze so pleasing.
My skin looked so magnificent under those rays,
Perhaps, those were the few last cheerful days..!

I had never believed in fate before,
But had to battle with the tears that were now hard to store.
I had never expected life to make me play on its cruel side,
My body was somehow alive, but its cover had died..!

He had not just ruined my graceful physique,
But also renamed me as ugly unique.
I was scared to see my own self in the mirror,
My own shouts had become my nightmares of horror..!

Now, no evening rays could give my skin that beauty,
This was probably the time to handle my courage or may be that was my duty.
There were many who showered all the synonyms of sympathy,
But only few held my hands through my apathy..!

At this point,
I have learnt so much and fought for all the burns I’ve worn.
Nothing could make me stronger, but “THAT BURN”,
The acid on my face burnt like the sun…!


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGGG XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Metre 1010111111010 01001001110 111101001011 0110011101 1110010101 11110101101111 11100101111111101 1101101111011 11111011001 11001111001 111111110010 11110111110 111011111110 111000111011011111110 10101101011100 110111111100 111 1111101110111 1011110111 0101111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,018
Words 219
Sentences 13
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 153
Words per stanza (avg) 38

About this poem

This is a poem written on the basic on the words said by the victim in a interview taken by one of the leading news channel. This incident happened to be taken in Sringeri in the year 2015

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Written on January 01, 2019

Submitted by on February 28, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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