Analysis of One

Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)



Stop, just stop.
Surely life doesn't need to be so driven.
By  endless needs and should haves,
by self rewarding and misgivings.
The puppet pulls the strings
the puppeteer pulls the faces
somewhere along the way
 we seemed to exchange places

Stop ,just stop .
Congeal here on the spot.
Allow all voices settle
all urgency to rot.
stop trying to escape
to here and now be tethered .
Not dreaming of someplace
more warm and softer feathered.

The ego runs from the present,
like a vampire from the sun
 but there is no other place or time
just this single moment, one.


Scheme Abxccdxd Aexexfxf xbxb
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111 10110111110 1101011 110100010 010101 00011010 10101 1110110 111 011101 0111010 110011 110101 1101110 11011 1101010 01011010 1010101 111110111 1110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 571
Words 116
Sentences 9
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 148
Words per stanza (avg) 35

About this poem

About being driven from experience by thoughts need to escape

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Written on February 26, 2024

Submitted by robertl.92681 on February 29, 2024

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