Analysis of The musings of an idiot
How long must I suffer?
How long must I wait for love?
Must the universe my heart so tug?
With malice in her heart she slices my soul.
She waves her logical power in my face and tortures me with hope.
"But no more. No more" I say.
As I follow her into the abyss.
Because try as I might, and mightily have I tried.
The universe always unveils her
Ugly side.
Simply not to hope.
Simply not to dream.
But how can one abandon hope, without simply hoping not to be.
Such a burden I cannot bear.
To disillusioned be.
So pour me another ale!
And sorrow let me be!
For tonight I hope once more,
And pessimism do I deny.
As in melancholy will I tomorrow wake.
And in her arms will I lie.
| Scheme | AX X XB XX CAC BXD XD XD XE XE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 1111111 10101111 11000111011 11010010011010111 1111111 1110001001 0111110100111 0101010 101 10111 10111 11110101011010111 10101101 10101 1110101 010111 1011111 01001101 1010011011 0001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 688 |
| Words | 165 |
| Sentences | 20 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
This poem comes from a few existential thoughts that I've been pondering lately. Who are we? Why are we here? I found that pain doesn't ever get better, and that we always have a choice. As the existentialists say we must "choose our misery" not meaning that we have to be miserable. Just that we have the option of illusion or disillusion. In this case the person who is experiencing these feelings doesn't want to hope for love as this will illusion him. But he indulges at some point and thereafter reverts back to a melancholic pain after the "high". I hope the poem was able to bring this across effectively. Thank you for reading! more »
Written on August 12, 2022
Submitted by micaelmaloney.mm on August 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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