Analysis of THE SEEKER (II)
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Seeking misery
The Seeker comes to town,
Revelling in disaster.
As people's lives fail
The Seeker grows stronger
Enjoying their heartache.
Seeking the lonely
To watch them die from despair,
The Seeker salutes.
As good people die
The seeker celebrates
In his own quiet way.
Seeking the wretched
Rejoicing in their failure,
Revels in their death.
Watching tired losers
Flushing their lives away,
The seeker smiling.
Unaware of him
The hard-up walk straight past,
Shivering as they near.
Devastated folk
Hoping to rebuild their lives,
Dies as he goes past.
As Christmas draws near
No-one dares to revel,
The Seeker is in town.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABC XCX AXX XXD XCX XDX XEF XXE FXB XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (37%) Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 10100 010111 10010 11011 010110 01011 10010 1111101 01001 11101 01010 011101 10010 0100110 10011 101010 101101 01010 0111 011111 100111 1001 1010111 11111 11011 111110 010101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 672 |
| Words | 113 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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