Desperation



Shell and snail, your memoirs so deep,
Repudiate, to a pool I weep;
Sun may not, in my heart you peep,
Seeds sown, nature may not let me reap.

Height of despair, nature and God I curse,
As staunch, let joy loop my purse;
Moon to moon, wholeheartedly I pray,
You fade, my soul dissipate like whey.

Battle I nature, in conscience court,
Demean and anchor, like a moat;
Desperate prayers, don't kick a boot,
Prostrate, hang no knife on this scapegoat.

About this poem

This poem was written in 1999 and expresses desperate emotions on a loved one. This poem was published in poetry.com in 2001.

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Written on June 10, 1999

Submitted by paran11 on September 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAAA BBCC XDXD
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 437
Words 82
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

Paranthaman Venkatesan

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