Analysis of Silent Despair

Gary Willard 1970 (CT)



What is it of her that I confess today?
I glare at her silhouette with pain.
As I contentedly went about my way,
her path traversed my life one day
and upset the tread in my traveled lane.

Her demeanor was distant, quaint and kept;
it entrapped my fancy with a gentle sting.
She forced my reasoning to become inept
and obsessed my dreams each night I slept.
I surrender to the agony that each day will bring.

Do I suffer more now than I suffered then?
If I bore the authority of the events of time,
would I submit to encountering her again
or remit this moment among the days of when
I considered my state of solitude sublime?

In solitude still, I ponder the mere chance
that perhaps I, alone, could end the despair.
If I could strangle my pride and make an advance,
I would make each day with her more than a glance.
Yet I return to my shadows and adore her from there.


Scheme ABAAB CDCCD EFEEF GHGGH
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11110110101 11100111 11010010111 01101111 0010101101 0010110101 10111010101 11110010101 001111111 10101010011111 11101111101 11100100100111 110110100001 101110010111 10101111001 0101110011 10110111001 111101101101 11111101101 1101111001011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 853
Words 168
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 171
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted by mrgwillard on February 04, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Gary Willard

Born in December 1970. American poet and Technology Engineer with a Masters Degree in Business Administration. more…

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