Analysis of Wrong roads chosen.



So here I am at a crossroad,

Wondering which ways best,

The one that leads to happiness,

Is that north, east, south or west.

I know I should just choose one,

But I'm over choosing wrong,

This road that I choose next,

Needs to lead me, where I Belong.

As I sit here in this silence,

I look back throughout my life,

At all the battles I've overcome,

And all chaos and strife.

Then realization hits me,

And I realize I am strong,

I see that even wrong roads chosen

Have led me, where I belong.

I am a mum, and a daughter,

A sister and true friend,

And though I feel so lost in life

On me, you can all depend.

So let's all make some changes,

And get to know and love ourselves,

Our challenges make us strong and wise,

So don't stay stuck on the shelves.

I'll step outside my comfort zone,

And find my place in this world,

I know that I am more than

A sad, lost and lonely girl.

Now I want to thank you all,

For In my life, you've played a part,

And I love and care for all of you,

With my body, mind and heart.


Scheme X A X A B C X C X D X D X C B C X E D E X F X F X X X X X G X G
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101 100111 01111100 1111111 1111111 1110101 111111 11111101 11110110 1110111 11010110 011001 1101011 0110111 111101110 1111101 11010010 010011 01111101 1111101 1111110 011101001 1010011101 1111101 11111101 0111011 1111111 0110101 1111111 10111101 011011111 1110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,037
Words 264
Sentences 8
Stanzas 32
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 24
Words per stanza (avg) 6

About this poem

This is my poem that I wrote while blaming myself, as a mum and inhome carer, for choosing the wrong paths in life that my daughters and mother have had to follow me down, while I was writing this poem, I had a realisation, that even the wrong roads, have lead us all to a place that we belong, and every wrong path has lessons to learn, hence, is not a wrong path/road atall.

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Written on March 31, 2021

Submitted by fryarcynthia577 on October 05, 2022

Modified on March 17, 2023

1:21 min read
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Cynthia Gai Fryar

I am a 42 year old mother to 2 young adult daughters, and carer for my oldest daughter as well as my mother. We live on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. I have a passion for poetry, writing, and anything to do with nature and spirituality. more…

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