Analysis of What I have done...
Janvi Rana 2007 (Himachal Pradesh)
What I have done...
What I have done to me in a past few times,
I tortured, hurt, and forgot all my smiles.
I did what I should not have done,
Who I have on my side - none.
I always used to cry and let my happiness go,
now my end is ready to bow.
I should have listened to my heart than these fake relations,
Who are standing in front of me showing their affection
but the reality is they are the reason for my damnation.
The bed where I used to cry and hide my pain
will become my coffin at any time.
I always tried to make others happy except me
that is my crime.
The child who used to be free and jolly,
now not feeling any pain, except for the dolly.
My mother gave me my dolly when everything was heavenly,
I used to tell all my feelings to her secretly.
Only she knows what my heart wants,
Quite contrary what my fake relatives are giving is my death grants.
I always wanted to live like a princess
who dreamt high and wants to fly freely,
not knowing the reality where I was able to breath barely.
I wonder what my life could be
If I ever had heard myself and cared about me,
I never had to say I, I could have confidently said we.
However, these things do not matter now,
I am closing my eyes somehow.
If I could have any next life, I wish I could be just me,
my own world and the things which I want to see.
My eyes went close automatically, heartbeat dropped,
Every effort of me to live is now flopped.
Everyone is crying but they all together can not match
the amount I cried and got wounded,
I cannot blame anyone; I was the only stupid.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11111100111 1101001111 11111111 1111111 111110111001 11111011 11110111111010 11100111101010 101011101011010 01111110111 1011101101 111111010011 1111 0111111010 1110101011010 110111101101100 1111111010100 10111111 11001111001101111 1110111010 111011110 110010111101110 11011111 111011101011 1101111111100011 101111101 1110111 111110111111111 11100111111 1111010011 100101111111 10110111010111 001110110 1101101101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,571 |
Words | 353 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
This poem is about a girl who is going to pass away after experiencing severe mental suffering. She is sobbing in agony and regretting just caring about others and not herself. This poem illustrates the damage that sadness and low self-esteem can do.
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