This Life
The Battle
Of life
A cry of contradictions
In grown minds
Of childhood beliefs
Of dreams
And desires
Of aspiration and
Inspiration
Borne from
Misconcepted truths.
This Life
A battle indeed,
Amidst the chaos, materialism
and separation.
There’s a world
And consequently
A universe.
Then there is
The Self.
And only The Self.
About this poem
Reflective of life experiences
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Written on 1987
Submitted by MVellani on September 06, 2021
Modified on April 18, 2023
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Quick analysis:
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 305 |
Words | 53 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 4, 3, 2, 1 |
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