My little seed

Shaeera Ali 2003 (West Bengal)



I planted a little seed,
Watered it everyday
Hoping for it to grow,
Into a beautiful flower one day.

I took care of it,
Played songs for my seed
Waited and waited,
But no sapling was seen.

I watered it more,
Kept it in the sunlight
Despite my many tries,
Nothing I did felt right

Questioned myself,
About what i did wrong
And realised in the end,
The seed i grew was wrong.

It could never grow,
Atleast not in my little pot
It needed a big place,
To grow and come out.

About this poem

This poem talks about a seed that the poetess, that is me, sowed but it never grew despite putting efforts into it and taking care of it. The inner meaning of the poem is simply how somethings, no matter how much we want, can never be ours because of various reasons.

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Written on October 21, 2022

Submitted by shaeeraali2810 on October 21, 2022

Modified on March 08, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCB XAXX XDXD XEXE CXXX
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 472
Words 110
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4

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