Analysis of Ramblings of a Madman
Ryan Mark Robinson 1977 (Horicon)
I am walking…Never stopping…
Never wondering…Always thinking…
Not afraid…Just confused…
Always cautious…I’m not blinking…
I am lonely, always solemn,
Never together, I am not alone…
Never loved for, never cared for –
Endless shivering…hearts of stone…
Did she love me? Does she hate me?
I’ll always love her…Does she know?
I am here…Am I there?
Not my friend, I am my foe!
I did love her, but I killed her;
She was blind…I could not see…
Always fearing, never caring –
I don’t know me…INSANITY!!!
What is “why”? This is because –
What is “truth”? I never lie!!!
She’s not alive, I did kill her…
Not one tear for…I MUST DIE!!!
| Scheme | AABACDEDFGHGIFAFJKIK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11101010 10100110 101101 1101110 1110110 1001011101 10111011 10100111 11111111 1110111 111111 1111111 11101110 1111111 1101010 11110100 1111101 1111101 11011110 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 695 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 461 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
About this poem
...a poem resembling my childhood, when I was involved with gangs, drugs, violence.... I was a good person who did bad things & lost a chance at love because of it. At 1st I blamed her, then came to the realization it was who I was as a person that drove us apart. Now a grown man with a child & wife, I truly see the errors of my old ways....the old me, whom now is "dead" so to speak.
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Written on July 14, 1995
Submitted by Srsmkalt on November 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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