Analysis of Here I am
Here I am.
Here, where the ancient
and modern meet, here I am.
Here, where the analogue and the digital meet, here I am.
Here, where the career ends and the pension begins, here I am.
Here, where the once full home is now a lonely abode, here I am.
Here, where the vibrant body and the tiring body meet, here I am.
Here, where the doctoral degree is in the kitty, and the nudge to study more is devoid of zeal, here I am.
Here, where the bravado of a sexagenarian life meets the anxiety of an uncertain tomorrow, here I am.
Here, where the gaze is shifting from the ephemeral to the ethereal, here I am.
Suanu T Anyekere.( Rtd.)
Scheme | A BA A A A A A A A B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 11010 0101111 11010001001111 110011001001111 1101111101001111 11010100010101111 1101000110010001110110111111 11001010111001001101001111 1101110100100100100111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 638 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 48 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
About this poem
A lyrical poem that peers into the life of a sexagenarian who recently retired. The harsh reality of a life, transforming from building a home, career, and family into the uncertainty of a retired lifestyle; where the kids are grown and left home; where the home is now a lonely one; where material possessions and passionate pursuits, no longer holds any attraction.
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