Night's Music
Srutimala Duara 1964 (Guwahati, Assam)
Night's Music
The cicadas called out in a chorus
to the dark sky
A frog joined in the chorus and
the cicadas withdrew in annoyance
The owl hooted from the eaves
to quieten the frog
From some dark tree a keteki shrieked out its heart
making the moon take refuge in the clouds
A wolf howled at the dark side of the moon and
a dog joined in remembrance of his ancestors
A startled cat meowed
her dream of licking up a plate of milky moon interrupted
On the other side of my bed comes the sound
of rhythmic snore
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Submitted by s.duara on August 08, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABCDEFGHCICJKL |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 510 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
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