Analysis of Resolutions be Damned
In lands afar and realms so wide,
Through bustling streets and countryside,
I roam and wander, seek and stride,
Yet, within, the same me resides.
Across the oceans, under skies so vast,
In cities bright, shadows they cast,
Desire to grow persist, is there a hope?
Through changing scenes that fly by fast,
It's the same me, full of failings, anchored to the past.
In mirrored lakes, under sun's keen eye,
I gaze and ponder, question why,
I strive, I strive to a better self!
Despite the where, the when, the sigh,
It's me and shadow unchanged, no matter how I try.
Through forests deep and mountains tall,
In silent whispers, I hear the call,
Resolutions made, faults explor’d, therapists seen,
But in each jolt, through every hall,
The same meager me echoes, through rise and fall.
Change, a specter, distant and coy,
Eludes my grasp, a fleeting joy,
Is it the me that's just a ploy,
A constant second rate traveler, life's own envoy?
Yet in this toil, I start to see,
The same me holds a grip of constancy,
A core too rooted, firm to be free,
A strength or a tiring sameness, a steadfast tree.
So, here I stand, in me, the same,
In every whisper of my name,
I strive, I strive to a better self!
In every land, the eternal flame,
Of me, unchanged, yet not the same.
For in each place, through time and space,
I gather hues at my own plodding pace,
The same me, yes, without grace,
In the constant me, the world leaves its trace.
In every step, in each new dawn,
I carry me, but I travel on,
I strive, I strive to a better self!
For though the core of me isn't gone,
With each wasted day, a new layer is sewn.
So, here's to me, unchanging, yet new,
A paradox, both false and true,
Resolutions to be a-new be damn’d, my lot is cast,
In every land, under every hue,
It's the same me, nev’r changing in view.
Scheme | a a a x b b x b b c c D c c e e x e e f f f f g g g g h h D h h i i i i j x D j x k k b k k |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010111 11001010 11010101 10101101 0101010111 0101111 01011011101 11011111 1011111010101 010110111 11010101 111110101 01010101 110101110111 11010101 010101101 0101111001 101111001 01101101101 10101001 01110101 11011101 0101011001110 10111111 0111011100 011101111 01101010011 11110101 010010111 111110101 0100100101 11011101 10111101 1101111101 0111011 0010101111 010010111 110111101 111110101 110111101 11101011011 111101011 0101101 0101101111111 01001101001 101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,886 |
Words | 450 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 46 |
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, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Jan 1, 2024 New Year's Resolution
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