Analysis of Worthy Pursuit

Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)



Should we seek fame and fortune
and lead mesmerizing lives,
all at once, all too often,
the fool's errand arrives.

Why yes, seems we're better served
finding our own heartbeat song,
with the same effort incurred,
we find where we belong.


Scheme AXAX XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1111010 011001 1111110 011001 1111101 1010111 1011001 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 238
Words 47
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

I don't know where this came from but it seems truthful and valid.

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Written on February 07, 2023

Submitted by JokerGem on February 07, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jeffrey Powell

A bit of an introvert, Jeffrey enjoys using words and poetry as an outlet for expressing his thoughts and feelings. He tends to play by his own rules and darts in and out of the civilized world, as avoiding the conventional gathering is more his style. Jeffrey lives with his fraternal twin whom he enjoys sharing a laugh with at the opportune time. more…

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