Analysis of Yesterday
When I went walking yesterday
Tomorrow was not yet today
So without knowing where to go
I set out walking anyway.
First one step and then another.
Stepped again and then discovered...
I did not know where I should go;
only how to get there.
Had no clue what I should do
but could no longer sit there.
Knew I had to,
why I must,
learn to grow,
to come to trust...
Myself
Injustice is as just as justice is
his brother is as thin an apparition and is just as hollow.
Allegiance then is what decides them and
it then divides us by the one we follow.
We must wake up,
we must resist.
No longer can we cower down
shivering under a power found
only in the mists.
We must insist instead
upon the truth.
Water will address the thirst
of anyone who seeks it.
Simply drink it
and be quenched.
The sunshine finds every kind
of sinner and/or saint.
Warms their face
Shines for one as brightly as it does another.
To set the record straight...
Verily I say to thee...
That which has true power dispenses it impartially
Scheme | AABA CX BDED EFBFX XBXB XXXXXXX XGGA XXXC XHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010 0111101 10110111 1111010 11101010 10101010 11111111 101111 1111111 1111011 1111 111 111 1111 1 0101111101 1101111010011110 010111110 11011101110 1111 1101 11011101 100100101 10001 110101 0101 101101 110111 1011 011 0111001 110011 111 111110111010 110011 11111 11111001010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 981 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 5, 4, 7, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Reflecting on life and what it means
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Written on September 08, 2020
Submitted by paull.86328 on September 13, 2021
Modified on April 19, 2023
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