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Human Nature

Alok Mishra

Human Nature

Unwilling, compelled, helplessly he strolls
On the path untrodden still.
Once he, with all heart and zeal,
(Like the blue sphere always rolls)
Has chosen the capricious shore of joy!
Who knows better the passion's fate?
Than Helen's soul, and doomed Troy
Who were sacrificed in no late!
Ah! Human helplessness! Their feeble will!
Now vehement, and then silent, still…

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Submitted on December 10, 2015

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Scheme ABCADEDEBB
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 372
Words 62
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
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Alok Mishra

Alok Mishra, 23, is a poet, author, novelist and philosopher from Bihar, India. Alok has his motives in life. His poetry covers various aspect of life and he follows the doctrine of 'art must have a purpose.' Alok Mishra's debut work proved it; his work "Being in Love... (Bliss or Curse)" depicts the vivid causes and remedies of honour killings in India. He is a student of MA in English Literature at Nalanda College, Biharsharif, Bihar, India. He is an orator and a conscious body. Awards:Recently, on 27th August, ALOK MISHRA was awarded 'Best Student of the Batch Award".Two awards in recent in 'Speech Competition" You can submit your poems online to Ashvamegh Journal. Just go to http://ashvamegh.net and start playing the poem game... more…

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