Sorrow played its melodies,
sometimes slow, sometimes fast,
happiness coming and passing,
Sorrows never long-lasting.
Until a day, like no other day,
a heart-stopping blow
reduced me to tears of unending
flow.
Sorrow knew no boundaries,
endless tears brought no relief,
but flourished in their salted grief.
As time went by,
Sorrow wore a gentler face,
a blameless one I could embrace.
Sometimes slow and achingly sad,
sometimes fast, brimming with joy,
Sorrow plays its bitter-sweet memories
of long-ago.
Source -
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bitter-sweet-memories-2/
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This poem is about how sorrow can come out of nowhere, and it can have different effects, and how it passes.
Lines 1-3 is comparing sorrow to music, in that it can have different tempos. Lines 4-9 is about how sorrow isn't a gradual process, it's that it's sudden and can bring you down quickly. Lines 10-13 is about how there is no relief for sorrow. Lines 14-17 is how you come to accept the sorrow. Lines 18-22 is how sorrow passes, and how you come to finally accept it and let it pass.
I chose this poem because it talks about how to pass through sorrow, and it's gradual effects on people.
The figurative elements are - Metaphor (Lines 1, 16), Personification (Line 12), Exaggeration (Lines 5, 6 & 7)
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