Analysis of WHY - ALEXIS KARPOUZOS
Why must I lose everything I own?
Why must I lose all I have loved
All that I desire, all that I’ve known?
Time is Relentless, dauntless.
Like a fleeting moment, like a speck of dust
In a quick heartbeat, in a fleeting breath
Loss descends like darkness
Like the deep calm of death.
but love Declares a war on loss, on the inevitable,
asserts its arrogance, love shines its sword.
Such valiance is what makes one stand
Without fear or dilemma, unguarded
Challenging death’s aggressive blows.
Yet again and again, life’s designs must fail.
Yet there is a need so great, a longing so strong
Time’s lesson unheeded, all defeats ignored
Love asserts its arrogance, love shines its sword.
“You’re not real , death, you do not exist”
Life asserts proudly, as death smirks on
Pride stands firm, love marches ahead
Knowing unknowingly…. that all will be gone.
that the Tears evaporate.
Scheme | A X A B X C B C X D X X B X X D D X X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011 11111111 1110101111 110101 10101010111 001100101 101110 101111 110101111001000 0111001111 1111111 0111010010 10010101 10100110111 111011101011 11001010101 10111001111 111111101 101101111 11111001 10010011111 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 914 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Written on September 06, 2020
Submitted by invisible_t on September 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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