Analysis of A Learner's Daily Battle
A Learner's Daily Battle
By Sadaf Syed
I put my pen to paper,
My hand disobeys my mind.
I coax it to create the words,
They refuse to spill out and unwind.
Time ticks away relentlessly;
Fear of failure grips my spine.
Why do I falter and sink in doubt
When others see the finishing line.
My teacher senses my internal battle;
She meets my troubled gaze.
A familiar half-grin is all it takes
To remind me of her distinct phrase.
"I believe in you, my dear
You cannot see what I know.
All you need is to connect to your heart,
And let the feelings flow."
Like magic, a calm settles in;
It pushes apprehension aside.
The words align themselves eagerly
And pen and paper collide.
The ride is bumpy but mundane,
Like a wagon on a gravel road.
The thoughts translate to sentences
That now appear in harmonious ode.
You see, I do falter easily.
I'm young and naive in essence.
I aspire to do great things in life,
Yet I'm still far from adolescence.
When my faith is so gently restored
I can achieve heights untold.
All it takes is a nudge and a nod
And here I am, ready at every threshold!
Written on 1st July, 2020
Scheme | AB XCXC DEXE AFXF XGXG XBDB XHXH DIXI XJXJ X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010 111 1111110 11111 11110101 101111001 11010100 1110111 111100101 110101001 11010101010 111101 0010111111 101110011 1010111 1101111 1111101111 010101 11001100 11001001 010101100 0101001 01110101 101010101 01011100 1101001001 111110100 1101010 101111101 11111010 111111001 1101101 111101001 01111011001 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,086 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
This poem focuses on how a child might feel when he/she is unable to express his/her ideas when he/she is expected to. With some support from an encouraging teacher, the child overcomes his/her writer's block and steps out of his/her comfort zone.
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