Analysis of Our Mission
by Max Burchett
Who’s to say,
Which way,
What or why,
In this life one should try.
The imperative seems to me
To do something more
Than just to get by carefree.
Must be more we are here for.
Is the purpose to conquer this world?
Could be, but I think not, only finds fool’s gold.
The quest is perhaps to overcome
For things that are yet to come.
What I am hoping to find is more
Joy in rising above my own fear
And being closer to those I hold dear,
Perhaps an answer to some prayer.
The answer I believe to be,
For all great and small,
To accomplish, to achieve,
For each the grander goal.
Yes, that must be the mission of all,
To do more than thought possible.
For what each is called, perhaps the improbable,
To do even what you were told is impossible.
Scheme | X AABB CDCD XXEE DFFX CGXX GHHH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (28%) |
Metre | 1110 111 11 111 011111 00100111 11101 111111 1111111 101011011 11111110111 01101110 1111111 111101111 101001111 0101011111 01110111 01010111 11101 1010101 110101 111101011 11111100 111110100100 1110110110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 766 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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"The quest is perhaps to overcome for things that are yet to come." Our Mission by Max Burchett
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