Imagination and Reality

While my eyes were closed, I was on a plane about to land,

When I opened them, I was in the classroom with a pen in my hand.
I found myself in a boring lecture where I always yawn,
Where did the plane go? I wonder and frown.
Why does the announcement on the plane sound like the college bell?
When did my holiday at home end? Am I already back in hell?
Why do I only see those fake people around me?
Where did the ones I love suddenly flee?
Was I not traveling back to my home on a plane?
Was I only roaming in my mind, lost in the thoughts I create in pain?
“I can’t go back home so easily,” to myself, I scream,
Yet I can't resist my mind taking me there, into the world of dreams.
I just wonder how imagination took me from one place to another,
And then, in no time, I open my eyes, and reality is what I suffer.

                                   ~Aastha’s poetic pen

Here are some of the poetic devices used in the poem "Imagination and Reality":

1. Rhyme Scheme: The poem follows an AABB rhyme scheme, where each pair of lines rhymes (e.g., "land" and "hand," "yawn" and "frown").

2. Alliteration: The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words, such as "pen in my hand," "boring lecture," and "mind, lost in the thoughts."

3. Imagery: The poem creates vivid images in the reader's mind, such as being on a plane about to land, sitting in a boring lecture, and the transition from home to the classroom.

4. Juxtaposition: The poem contrasts imagination and reality, showing how the speaker’s mind shifts between an imagined world and the harsh reality of being in a classroom.

5. Repetition: The word "Where" is repeated to emphasize the speaker's confusion and longing.

6. Personification: Imagination is personified as something that can "take" the speaker from one place to another.

7. Enjambment: The continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break, such as between "I just wonder how imagination took me from one place to another, / And then, in no time I open my eyes and reality is what I suffer."

8. Metaphor: The "plane" serves as a metaphor for the speaker's journey through their thoughts and imagination, and "hell" is a metaphor for the unpleasantness of reality.