Analysis of One More Day
One More Day
Always amazing
how well this life
goes right on without us
New images tread
where shadows have fled
old memories in the dust
Nothing left behind
but words to remind
we chased the Tiger sure
Out of the jungle
into the light
—hoping for one day more
(The New Room: February, 2024)
A Finer Point
Simplify
and clear
Simplify
and clear
Not many
years left
— simplify and clear
(The County Line: February, 2024)
Could — Would — Should
poetry’s triumvirate oxymoron
(The New Room: February, 2024)
Walking the wasteland
tracking the miles
rumpled old notebook
pain has compiled
Closer to yesterday
lost to today
Voices of promises
I shouldn’t have made
Trouble ahead
troubles behind
Providence follows
in only my mind
My pen almost empty
eyes nearly shut
One word to write only
— midnight has struck
(Villanova University: February, 2024)
It matters least
that when I die
What strangers say
what ladies cry
It matters more
the ink run out
My words free given
— whose passion shouts
(Villanova University: February, 2024)
| Scheme | a xxxbbxccxxxd E x FG FG ex g e xx E xxxx aaxx bcxc exex E xfaf dxxx E |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 1010 1111 111011 11001 1111 1100001 10101 11101 110101 11010 0101 101111 011100 0101 10 01 10 01 110 11 1001 0101100 111 10100110 011100 1001 1001 1011 1101 10110 1101 101100 1111 1001 1001 10010 01011 11110 1101 111110 111 0100100100 1101 1111 1101 1101 1101 0111 11110 1101 0100100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,099 |
| Words | 211 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 19 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 12, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 52 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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