At First Sight



It was the freshers day at the university,
I saw her in a dark blue saree,
With a blissful smile on her enchanting face,
Our eyes met,                                                                                     I felt a sudden feeling in my heart,
I was simply driven,                                                                      With  an enchanting feeling,
 We exchanged glances,                                                    
 I  dared not to speak to her,                                                                    And she too  was feeling shy,            
They call-'love at first sight',
It was only a feeling, a passing fancy,
Alas!, it left an enduring pain in my mind,
Of absolute rejection and deprivation.

About this poem

It's about the feelings of a young man-imagining that he had fallen in love.

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Written on October 20, 2005

Submitted by atputham7 on July 19, 2021

Modified by atputham7 on July 20, 2021

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Scheme ABCDEFGHAIJ
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 735
Words 86
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11

Jesudason Atputharajah

Jesudason is a Srilankan teacher who has written a number of poems and articles of general interest. He is a contributing editor of Monsoon Journal-writing articles of general interest. He was awarded the Montage Award for exemplary writing in 2018. more…

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  • atputham7
    The poem high-lights the weakness of imaginary love. Some youngsters are misled by the films and short-stories. They feel that they are in love by just exchange of glances. Unless two persons have spoken to each other and exchanged their intimate feelings for each other, they cannot presume to be in love. The poem -Love at first sight- tells about such imaginary feelings and presumptions in a concise manner. 
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