Analysis of SHADOWS OF THE PAST
Shadows of the past
Haunt my world today,
Listlessly –
Lifelessly –
Like dreams now blown away.
Shadows bring back memories
Of some yester-time,
Achingly –
Mistakenly –
Like daggers through the mind.
Echoes of some better days
When life seemed oh so fair,
Then hoarsely –
Rather coarsely --
Your dreams are now nightmares.
Echoes of a yester world
With hopes to fill the room,
Then suddenly –
So utterly –
All hope has turned to gloom.
Shadows bring false promises
Of better things to come,
Till truth doth dawn --
And children mourn --
To find life’s race has run!
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | XABBA XXBBX XXBBX XCBBC XXXXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 11101 100 1 111101 111100 1111 100 0100 110101 1011101 111111 11 101 11111 101011 111101 1100 1100 111111 111100 110111 1111 0101 111111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Shadows of the past Haunt my world today, Listlessly – Lifelessly – Like dreams now blown away.
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Written on December 01, 2013
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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