Burning Lantern



Gently and vividly you created me; why?
To fly me in the dark sky

I came to your childish hands
You sent me off to the Swedish lands

With an aromatic candle shinning in
As a golden little tin

I went through the clouds higher and higher
With the flamed thing, it was a fire

Hearing children crying out as a melodious pattern
"Ah! see that glamorous flying lantern"

I see my fire was overjoyed
"Be controlled" I cried

The fire which shone me lit up soon
As the dark clouds hit the moon

I was just ashes nothing left more
A fallen crashed lantern, down by the shore

About this poem

I wrote this poem in 2021, to show the sadness of a burning lantern.

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Submitted by Methmi on June 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA BB CC DD EE XX FF GG
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 567
Words 111
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2

Methmi Mandara

Methmi Mandara is a 14 years old (2021) poet who completed primary education at Sujatha Vidyalaya Nugegoda and now studies at Gothami Balika Vidyalaya, Colombo Sri Lanka. She also a writer and a translator more…

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