Analysis of Box in the attic



​What is the Mystery?
Just some uncomprehended history?
Unanswered questions,
And wild assumptions..?

There's box in our attic,
Which pours me with inquires frantic,
Neither so big to fit some whomping willow,
Nor unnoticingly small, maybe around size of pillow...

It has some engraved beauties..
Does it contain list of family duties??
Dared to touch it once, it's cold and made of stone
It might have everyone's secret boon..?

I wish it has key to my special gift door,
Does it contain the invoice of what special everyone wants from store?
Or it has everyone's voice in it?
Maybe it has everyone's crucial choice in it...

Like Pandora's box it can be,
Details of mystery might make me hateful;
Maybe containing pieces of Bruno's prediction,
Arranging might bring circumstances fateful..!
Or,
Will it have a brush to draw reality?
Or new perspective to every actuality?

I wish it to have some hidden power,
I hope it has secrets of strength;
Like Moana, finding out her passion,
I might come across of my own wavelength...

I hope it has precious memories,
Some very long Stories -
Of love and trust,
Not just to enjoy but also to connect;
To remain Familiar in family and close and intact...!

I wish it has special task for everyone,
Binding us together always...
Holding each other when needed,
Just to ensure support, when life hits unexpected sways.

One day I'll check it out,
Try to figure out reason behind it's existence,
Understand, what's in it?
And if doesn't contain any remains...
.
.
.
I'll start anew,
Collect and place,
Memories and valuables few...
So that,

When living hearts stop throbbing for each other,
I hope, this inanimate thing ,to carry The Legacy further....!

(Poem has some fictional references)


Scheme AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG AHIHFAA JXIX EEXXX IKXK XXGX LXLX JJ X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 110100 111100 1010 01010 1101010 111101010 101111111 11110011110 1110110 11011110010 11111110111 11110101 11111111011 1101010111010111 11110101 10111010101 10101111 01110011110 1001010110010 0101110010 1 111011110 110101100010 1111111010 11111011 11101010 111011111 111110100 110110 1101 11101110101 101010010001001 1111101110 1010101 10110110 1101011110101 111111 1110110011010 01101 0110011001 1 1 1 1101 0101 10001001 11 11011101110 11101001110010010 10111001000
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,737
Words 349
Sentences 25
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 7, 4, 5, 4, 11, 2, 1
Lines Amount 50
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 27

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Box in our attic is mysterious, does it contain any family secrets?

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Written on October 18, 2022

Submitted by aishwaryamundkar2004 on October 18, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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