Analysis of Acid attack

Ruchi Agarwal 1978 (Raiganj)



She was vulnerable at that moment,
when a man, more than double her age approached.

He proposed to her, on her way back home.
She was frightened to see  him, she was all alone.

On and on, he stalked her on road,
and spoke in a language she could not decode .

One fine day, while  crossing the street.
There was a splash on her face, she sat on her knees .

All she felt was, a hot burning sensation,
and suffered agonising pain with suffocation.

Her skin could be seen, swell and shrivel into tight clump.
Of intense flaming, she rounded herself like a crump.

The corrosive substance thrown, was the result of her denial.
She had lost her identity,was not in the state of revival.

The kind of torture, the form of violent assault,
caused distress,torment, brought her life to halt.

Somehow, after a long gap, she revived.
But the scars on her face could never be wiped.

Andacious was the victim, courageous was she.
Could not afford to set the culprit free.

She did not quit, her vision was never faint.
Until and unless she dragged him to imprisonment.

"Aah",  there was a  huge sigh of relief, her life was back on track.
She was  a survivor of perilous " ACID ATTACK".


Scheme AX XX BB XX CC DD EE FF XX GG XA HH
Poetic Form
Metre 1110001110 10111100101 1011010111 111011111101 10111011 01001011101 11111001 110110111101 11110110010 010111010 0111110100111 1011011001101 0010101100110010 1110110011010 0111001110001 1110111 110011101 10110111011 1101001011 1101110101 11110101101 0100111110100 111011101011111 11001011001001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,212
Words 252
Sentences 20
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 38
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

It is based on true story,a very sensitive poem and a message to all the women to not to give up...it is never too late

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Written on August 21, 2021

Submitted by Ruchiagltani on August 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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