The Historian
Writing history
Is like making a skin of glass
For a drum—
To let the wet sand flow
And sculpt it's denial with your fingers.
Make it as thin as possible,
But never infirm,
Or without consequence.
To smooth out the inconsistencies
In memory, temper the ecstacies
Of anger and awe alike;
And thus, the historian's hand
Keeps searching.
A voice stabs
At the spectre of nuance
As fingers tremble
And keep on working.
Never to completely yield,
Yet you keep on listening
For the voice of causality.
About this poem
This is one of the poems that I wrote a few months ago. I am 21 years old of age, and have studied the discipline of History properly for three years now. Poetry has been in my life for a while, and stands now at a juncture between memory and History itself. I wrote my first poem when I was 9 or 11 years old. I wrote this one trying to figure out why I'd ever written that one in the first place
Written on May 07, 2023
Submitted by abhrabh on September 23, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXXX CXXXBXXD XXCDXDA |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 100 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 8, 7 |
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