Analysis of Traveler I

Maepail 1999 (Marikina)



I am a traveler
Having chosen to take a path with which I am unfamiliar
I slowly entered a narrow passage
And step forward without knowing the end

On my journey
I saw the middle of the two colors dividing the galaxy
Black and white on both ends
But in the middle, something splits like gray

I was amazed at what I saw
And stopped here
In the area that divides the two colors
I forced myself to focus my journey

While traveling, someone tried to accompany my every move
He followed the rhythm I was dancing to
Obsessed with the music I listen to
And saw my every hidden skill

It's addictive to watch him
His movements are very good
He was able to hide the bitterness of his life in his faded hands
And a funny music covers his past

It was fun to go with him
So our movements coincided
Both matched the music we were listening to
And at the same time our hands waved

But that will also tire the dancer
The pleasure he brings is also fading
So he decided to leave
He left the music we were playing together


Scheme AAXX BBXX XXXB XCCX DXXX DXCX AXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 110100 101011011111010 1101001010 0110011001 1110 11010101100100100 101111 1001010111 11011111 011 001001010110 111110110 1100111010011001 11001011101 0110101101 011100101 1010111 1101101 111011010011101101 0010101011 1111111 11010010 11010101001 010111011 1111010010 0101111010 111011 110101010010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 976
Words 196
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on April 27, 2018

Submitted by Maepail on August 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Maepail

The poet is a writes poems to express her feelings and point of view about certain things. The poet prefers to write poems to honor some memories of her life and to share her lessons learned in life. more…

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