Analysis of Encumbrance



The world has many hardships
Which is totally uncontrollable
In my mind, a voice is asking
Why is there poverty?
Why is there suffering?

The price of the goods is high
The value is immeasurable
As well as the everyday expenses
Water, electricity, clothes, food
A daily life encounter

Life is hard
Just pain and problems
Perplexed, confusing
What will I do?
What am I going to do?

The fare is costly
I can't go out and have fun
Go to the mall or park
Buy the things that I want
Because there is no money

No savings
All used up
There's nothing left
Budget is always insufficient
Barely making ends meet

Borrowing money is the last option
Getting through each day
Is all I think about
Rely on luck
Like I always do

It is really hard to live
The world is indeed unfair
Looking for a job is also difficult
I bet on the lottery
But I didn't win

Opportunity is limited
Hard to catch
I am deprived
Of dreams and ambitions
Don't know where to go

Who can I lean on?
I looked left and right
Up and down
North and South
East and West

Waiting for a miracle
Finding for someone to hold onto
But I haven't found anyone
Or anything
It is pointless

No friends
No connections
No one helped me
Nobody gave their sympathy
Nobody supported

I am just an ordinary person
Frustrated and depressed
The things that I want
Are out of reach
Hard to get

To be happy
Is something I would love to feel
I want to have
A good life
But how?

How am I going to do that?
I try to make a way
A lot of times
Doing my best
To survive

It is very sad and complicated
My energy is drained
I am running out of motivation
I pray
And I hope that my life goes well


Scheme XABCB XAXXX XXBDD CEXFC XXXXX EGXXD HXXCX IXXJX XXXXK ADEBX XJCCI EKFXX CXXXX XGXKH IXEGX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (44%)
Metre 0111010 111000100 01101110 111100 111100 0110111 01010100 1110101010 10010011 0101010 111 11010 01010 1111 1111011 01110 1111011 110111 101111 0111110 110 111 1101 10110010 101011 1001010110 10111 111101 0111 1111 1110111 0110101 10101110100 1110100 11101 01001100 111 1101 110010 11111 11111 11101 101 101 101 1010100 10111110 1110110 110 1110 11 1010 1111 111100 1010 111110010 10001 01111 1111 111 1110 11011111 1111 011 11 11110111 111101 0111 1011 101 111010100 110011 111011010 11 01111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,632
Words 342
Sentences 8
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 75
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 85
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

It is about the struggles and hardships that the poet has experienced.

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Written on November 01, 2022

Submitted by mojarjocel on November 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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