I have eaten cheeses
the softest cheese;
I have eaten nuts
the hardest nut;
I have eaten sweets
the sweetest sweet;
I have eaten biles
the bitterest bile;
I have been given
a couple of packages;
the wildest squirms
and the loveliest tickles;
the half-moon sometimes
remained stable in my sky
while the full moon
played hide and seek;
the cheerful sun
made me want to swear
and the sorrowful sky’s tears
foiled my plans;
the kind light
gave me a ray of hope
and the sinister darkness
comforted me best;
I have had a bit of all
they had had a bit of all;
these bits swallowed them
I swallowed these bits.
This poem is about life and survival. The poetic persona relates that he has tasted all sorts of life situations. The easy, the hard, the sweet, and the bitter ones.
In the end, he survived it while some had been unlucky because they were unable to survive.
Poetic devices in this poem include repetition and personification.