Analysis of Keep On Trying



Ah, friend, will you lose faith!
Will you lose your brilliant colours!
Will you lose your dexterity!
No, man
fade not.

Were you not the fearless soldier
We once admired?
Were you not the ambitious fellow
We once applauded?

Have you degenerated so easily?
Have you abandoned your zeal to prosper?
Have you succumbed to defeat?
Have you succumbed to distractions
and lost your focus?
No, my friend
Be not dismayed.
Be not discouraged.
Keep on trying
Keep on plodding;
Success is knocking
At your threshold...
only
keep on trying.


Scheme xabxx cxxx bcxaaxxxDddxbD
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1111101 11110100 11 11 01101010 11010 011001010 11010 1101001100 1101011110 1101101 11011010 01110 111 1101 11010 1110 1110 01110 111 10 1110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 531
Words 108
Sentences 14
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 14
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 30

About this poem

Life is all about struggle, and pervereance. Nothing good comes easy. Great men and women in various fields of endeavour, and from all ages, have always emphasized the importance of perseverance.

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Written on September 25, 1981

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on April 29, 2023

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Israel Uche Chinonye

Nigerian, Igbo BA(Hons),1982, University of Calabar; Theatre Arts, PGDE, 1987, UNN Poet, author, publisher Retired teacher more…

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