Analysis of To the Sirens'



To the Sirens'

Beyond me in the far-off distance,
I heard a voice with strong persistence.
The voice at first, I could not recognize.                                                        

It was the dawn of early spring,
When first I heard the Sirens sing.  
Their voices so intent, as to mesmerize.

At first, I feared them, not at all.
Their songs quite lovely, as I recall,
Back before I knew of their intent.

I did not feel the spring slip by,
But now in summer, neath the deep blue sky,
To their persistent calls, would I relent.

My belongings, did I gather.
I left the meadows against my rather.
Thus began my answer to their call

Along the path, I did wander,
All the while, did I ponder.
Fearful of the things that might befall.

As my days approached the Autumn,
My resistance was now on the bottom.
To the Sirens' song, I did adhere.

Now's the winter of my life
The song is sung, its meaning rife,
Why, that spring, the Sirens' called to me.

Looking back across the ages,
Over my life and all its stages,
The Sirens sang my sojourns' destiny.


Scheme X AAB CCB DDE FFE GGD GGD HHX IIJ KKJ
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 011001110 110111010 011111110 11011101 11110101 1101011110 11111111 11110111 101111101 11110111 1101010111 1101011101 10101110 110101110 101110111 01011110 1011110 101011101 11101010 1010111010 101011101 1010111 01111101 111010111 10101010 101101110 010111100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,070
Words 230
Sentences 15
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 76
Words per stanza (avg) 19

About this poem

This is a poem about my life's journey, and the paths, right or wrong, that I chose to take.

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Written on June 13, 2020

Submitted by ga.73124 on March 24, 2023

Modified on March 25, 2023

1:09 min read
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Graydon Archer

Graydon was born in Northern Maine in 1953. He has two self-published books of poetry and has co-authored a third. more…

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