Analysis of The Ancient
I am the ancient.
I rule all creation.
The greatest of all beings,
Spanning across countless generation.
I wasn't born a god.
My mother birthed a mortal,
Who desired endless wealth,
Invincible power and life immortal.
Powerful people, powerful nobles,
Countless of their corpses
Became my stepping stone to apex.
But is it what I wanted.
Civilizations flourished, kingdoms fell
Stars breathed their last
While new ones shone with splendor
Watching it all, I, a great observer.
I wade through time immemorial.
All alone, all distant.
Faces of loved ones
Have become just bits of information.
I am tired.
I am lonely.
Closing my eyes I wait
To just fade out of existence.
Apex is not a place to be.
Loneliness seizing the heart.
Endless life, endless glory,
Nothing but a fool's dream.
Scheme | ABXB XCXC XXXX XXDD CAXB XEXX EXEX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (29%) |
Metre | 11010 111010 0101110 100110010 110101 1101010 1010101 01001001010 1001010010 101110 01110111 1111110 001010101 1111 1111110 1011101010 11110100 101110 10111 101111010 1110 1110 101111 11111010 1110111 1001001 1011010 101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 833 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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A poem on how peope who seek endless power and glory are lonely when they reach the apex.
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