Analysis of Against The Tide
Donald James Kirby Von Koehler 1965 (Burien)
Against The Tide
As we turn the page of another day in the book of our life,
We find our strength is waning in the twilight of our strife.
Seeking the solutions to motivate us up the slopes to higher ground,
Where we discover new strength within ourselves unlike any we had ever found.
Truth is an Illusion at times when we live outside the reach of reality,
The things we swear we know in all actuality really may not be.
We've been fooled into believing all the news we know to be true,
When actually they have agendas we know nothing about what they want to do.
We're like lost fish swimming upstream against the tide,
Our lives have us in constant flux going from side to side.
Wandering in and out of the crowd going against the tide,
Facing the challenges along the way not just along for the ride.
Speak as if wisdom was a part of the heart inside your soul,
Speak as if you were only interested in the salvation of your goal.
Life isn't a script in a play though the world appears like a stage,
We feel as if everyone is watching to see if we are coming of age.
No matter how far the distance if it's all swimming against the tide,
You know with persistence you can overcome the obstacles where they reside.
The truth of the matter is from the start you always swam against the tide,
You never imagined love was a part of you & always on your side.
Written By Donald James Kirby Von Koehler 1/10/2022
Scheme | A BBCC DDEE AAAA FFGG AAAA X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 11101101010011101 111011100011101 10001011011011101 110101101001011011101 111010111111101110 0111110101010111 1110101010111111 11001101011100111111 111110110101 101110101101111 100001101100101 10010001011101101 111101011010111 111101010000010111 1100100110101101 111110110111111011 11011010111100101 111010111001001101 01101011011110101 1100101101111111 10110110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,417 |
Words | 296 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 51 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 159 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
About this poem
I was inspired by the email you sent me so I came and wrote a new poem my 1st poem of 2022 sometimes I will write dozens in one sitting other times I'm more likely to do just a couple it depends on the level of my energy at the moment and I like to be in a positive state of mind. Donald James Kirby Von Koehler 1/10/2022
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Written on January 10, 2022
Submitted by ponyboy_c on January 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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