Analysis of Crying Child
Why am I a child
With only one of my parents?
Growing up missing the other
As my own fault – errant.
Why could not both parents
Be the norm for me;
To love and be happy
Together all three?
Why must I have to keep on
Missing the one without end,
Wondering whether the wrong
Will ever start to mend.
Why do they want
The birth of a child like me?
Then for the sake
Of their own happiness
Leave sad as me.
They are so selfish,
Fulfilling their own gains
Robbing my smiles and security
For their childish games.
Why must I feel guilty;
For the resulting and living pain?
Shouldering the hurt of the parent,
Left alone,
Under unending strain.
Why should I have
To be born of them
Just to miss;
The love of a cruel parent,
His scent and his kiss?
Why could not births
Like mine be prevented;
To be left unwanted
By the one,
Who had separated.
Why must I be subjected.
To the full force of their wars,
Being used as a weapon,
A bargaining clause?
Why is my sad life blamed.
For their every misery?
If it were not for me,
The trapped parent would be free.
Why do I have to hide in daydreams,
Creating happiness in my mind.
Seeking to picture in thoughts
The love I cannot find.
Why should I have to rush out
Of my precious childhood;
To find peace from my pains
And out of badly extracted good.
Why do not more children
Like me arrive stillborn;
Thereby avoiding suffering
And loyalties to be torn?
Why am I a part of society
Which is so uncivilised;
Where even our own children
Are selfishly sacrificed?
Scheme | ABXC BDDD XEXE XDXXD XFDX DGCXG XXHCH XIIJX IXJX XDDD XKXK XLFL JMXM DAJX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 11101 11011110 10110010 111110 111110 10111 110110 01011 1111111 1001011 1001001 110111 1111 0110111 1101 111100 1111 11110 010111 101100100 11101 111110 100100101 100011010 101 100101 1111 11111 111 01101010 11011 1111 111010 111010 101 11100 1111010 1011111 1011010 01001 111111 11100100 110111 0110111 11111101 010100011 1011001 011101 1111111 11101 111111 011100101 111110 110111 11010100 0100111 1110110100 1111 11010110 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,439 |
Words | 288 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Giving birth to a child in present-day society and then running away from parental responsibilities is one of the worst sins in all religions. Robbing the innocent the peace of mind for the rest of life, cannot be a punishment for the child’s bad karma. If it is, how Godhead could be so cruel to the innocent child?
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