Analysis of It was a Quest
It was a Quest
But why he asked
He ruled the skies
Mens minds
The Cryptic Journey
The Question
When he crawled
He walked, He ran
And He marveled at the things
He had done
He questioned, He ruled
He enslaved his neighbor
He hesitated, He lost
Moments pondered, Pompous Ass
He swam across oceans
To boast
He dreamt but only to dream
The foolish ones mocked and threw stones
His life, filled with Art and Love
And honesty
A Gentle pat on the back
Means nothing to a Cynic
Who has nothing
To Walk , To Run , To Fly
To Mourn the Sunsets that are dying
A Sunrise to surface again
My sweet one sleep
Sleep to wake again
| Scheme | X XXXAB XXXB XXXX XXXX XAXXC XCDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 1111 1101 11 01010 010 111 1111 0110101 111 11011 101110 110011 1010101 110110 11 1111011 01011011 1111101 0100 0101101 1101010 1110 111111 11011110 0111001 1111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 652 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
Reflection on Man
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Written on February 18, 2022
Submitted by menziest on February 18, 2022
Modified on March 23, 2023
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