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 |
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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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