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 |
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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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