Analysis of What is your favourite colour!
Saheir Shivkar 2003 (Mumbai)
"You are a liar, I hate you! You worthless piece of shit" she screams.
Failing to understand the concept of 'there's more to this than meets the eye' and everything she said a stranger would definitely deny...
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I realize oh my veins appear purple and purple is a colour of forgiveness...
So I forgive!
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I know her heart bleeds more than it beats,
and her favorite colour is black,
but black is the colour of grief,
maybe grief is all she knows...
So I forgive!
.
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In anxiety she bites her lips,
sometimes a little hard; it bleeds,
Oh dear lord I thought red was love,
but she bleeds and it tastes like anguish...
So I forgive!
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Staring at a reflection that I usually hate more often than I love...
I look at those chestnut brown eyes
that seem crying for help...
So I forgive!
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And deep down I be(lie)ve,
everything she said a stranger would deny... Maybe!
Hello! *waving a hand in front of my eyes* you seem lost he said.
"I'm sorry! I zoned out, what was your question again?"
"No problem! Your favourite colour" he smiled.
"Well.... Black, brown, red and shades of purple it is!" I lied
Scheme | xx xA xxxxA xxbxA bxxA cc xxxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011111011111 10101010111111101010110101100001 1 1 11011101100101011010 1101 1 1 110111111 00100111 1110111 1011111 1101 1 1 001001101 01010111 11111111 111011110 1101 1 1 10100101110001110111 1111111 111011 1101 1 1 0111111 101101010110 0110010111111111 1101111111001 11011111 1111011101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,116 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 30, 4 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 408 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 105 |
About this poem
A blur line between selflove and hate
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Written on October 26, 2022
Submitted by shivkarsaheir on October 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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