Analysis of LIFE’S TRIALS
A gray-haired man in Melbourne
Wonders when this awful year will end?
Will the New Year bring new hope?
Or has the Lord more trials to send?
A lonely, gray-haired man
Kept just sane by his cats,
Is trying to manage the trials of life
But hasn't learnt yet to fight back.
A man grown-old before his time
Has little left but family and friends,
He hopes as December approaches
The evil will finish as the old year ends.
He never knew life could be so hard
It seems almost beyond all reason,
He struggles to survive till Christmas
Hoping for new luck in the Festive Season.
But this poor man has little luck now
Still grieving his mother's death this year,
Still, he hangs on, desperate for change
As the New Year finally nears.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB XCXC XXXX AXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010 101110111 1011111 110111011 010111 111111 11011001011 11011111 01110111 1101110001 111010010 01011010111 110111111 11101110 110101110 10111001010 111111011 110110111 11111011 10111001 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 776 |
Words | 145 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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A gray-haired man in Melbourne Wonders when this awful year will end? Will the New Year bring new hope? Or has the Lord more trials to send?
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Written on 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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