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THE STRANGER

Ananya shukla 2004 (Pune)

THE STRANGER


I sit beside a stranger
Not speaking a word ,
It's been twenty minutes
Silence is the only thing I've heard .

Her silence is comforting
It Let's me hide ,
Is this concerning
We'll never know right ?

We sit under this old and wise tree
all i see is a dog sleeping
How many strangers , i wonder it has seen
With tears their eyes gleaming

With everyone and their own endeavours
How many miles must they cover.
Roads like veins , twisted and hard
With thorns there , it might leave us scarred

We're both world's apart ,
But perfectly she plays her part .
Does she know im writing about her ?
I think all of this while i sit beside a stranger.
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Written on November 07, 2022

Submitted by ananya.shukla.1704 on November 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB DXDX XDXD CAEE FFAA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 670
Words 143
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
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Ananya shukla

Hi ! I'm Ananya . I'm 18 years old and i recently started trying my hand at poetry. Ive always thought of writing stuff but i just didn't because of the fear that I won't be good enough. But a friend of mine , told me that "are good at physics when you're born ? No right ! So you start from the abc then slowly and steadily reach a level where you might actually be good at physics! " That analogy made me think that he's right and i should just do it because life is short and never stop chasing the million things you want . more…

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