Analysis of Stoic Statue Between Paths
Jamie Tierney 1991 (Cardiff)
As becoming what seeking
Choice between paths unfold
Lusts and pleasures fleeting
Superficial leading shame behold
Mistakenly equate with happiness
creating shallow existence
Character reflection in projection
Excellence by acting rightly
Not what happened perception
Choosing to become downrightly
Courage greatest of qualities
guarantees the others
The secret of change
Energy not pouring old
Which leads being estrange
Focus building new mould
Thy hardest victory is
over one’s self
| Scheme | ABABXX CDCDXX EBEBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010110 101101 101010 01010101 0100011100 01010010 1000100010 10011010 1110010 101011 10101100 01010 01011 1001101 111001 101011 1101001 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 489 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
The choice is always down to ourselves, live with a void or wholly
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Written on May 10, 2024
Submitted by SirSlothical on May 10, 2024
Modified by SirSlothical on May 10, 2024
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