Analysis of The long walk
I have walked and I am walking,
And I will keep on walking the same road,
That my parents have walked.
I stumbled and fall, I am raised and told tom keep on walking. I am not not a stick to hold and support myself.
They tell me, keep walking, I am forced to walk
without any rod in my hand.
I have grown weak, I have walked 47 years with stumbling and shivering hands.
My legs are weakened by so much stress.
I have taken a long walk, I have no place to rest.
When will I keep on walking?
| Scheme | AXX X XX XX XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11101110 0111110011 111011 110011110111110111101110011 11111011111 01101011 11111111110001001 111101111 1110011111111 1111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 505 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem because of the many years I have seen how Politics have come to disadvantage the lives of my simple Goodenough Island rural people.
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Written on August 30, 2022
Submitted by andhimatawetaga5 on August 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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