Analysis of monster

Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)



I must do what it is impossible for me to do
,i must overcome the tyrant,
 that lives inside my cranium.
This never sleeping giant.

I must overcome this monster.
My freedom on it rests.
He pulls strings ,presses buttons.
He says that he knows best.

He tells me what to do..
He tells me where to go.
He says how far i reach.
he says how much i grow.

he rations out my love.
He poisons it with fear.
he know my every move
and all that i hold dear.

Its me you see this creature
trying to find the new in the old.
While true explorers chart unknown lands,
Without self constraining ,with freedom to behold.

All change it lies in action.
The breaking of the mold
not entanglement in thought.
the past ,the known ,the old.


Scheme ABXB CXXX ADXD XEXE CFXF XFXF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 11111101001111 1110010 11011100 1101010 1110110 110111 1111010 111111 111111 111111 111111 111111 110111 110111 1111001 011111 1111110 101101001 110101011 011010110101 1111010 010101 1010001 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 723
Words 164
Sentences 18
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

About the hardest part overcoming ,overcoming our idea of self.

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Written on February 26, 2024

Submitted by robertl.92681 on February 26, 2024

Modified by robertl.92681 on February 28, 2024

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