Analysis of Lone I cross the River Wide
Lone I Cross the River Wide
by
R L Karlowsky
Lone I cross the river wide, with duty, with Courage I must abide.
My spirits soar as my journey awakens, no less difficult then past steps taken.
Shallow pools are a welcome sight and craggy rocks give a hand hold tight.
Across the way I see journeys end, with many unknowns, I will contend.
How many times will my footfalls fail, as I traverse this water with a blinded trail.
I sink ever deeper, yet I must go on, for fear of failure is frowned upon.
The water resists every step I take, I can turn about, was this a mistake?
I pull in my fear as my body becomes light, my critics would laugh to see my fright.
Determined I press on, I won’t turn back, I push even harder, I shall not slack.
There ahead in the shallows low, the turbulent waters will ease their flow.
I reach the bank, one foot in the sand, I look back on my journey, I now understand.
Lone I crossed the river wide, with duty, with courage I did abide.
Scheme | AXB A X C X X X B C B X X A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 1 111 11101011101101101 110111100101110011110 10110101010110111 010111101110011101 11011111111011010101 11101011111111101101 010011001111110111001 110111110011110111111 01011111111110101111 10100110100101111 11011100111111101101 11101011101101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 983 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
The courage to go on when all seems against you.
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