Analysis of A Material World



Born into a world,
not knowing.
Infantile, immature
and surroundings strange.
Curiously exciting,
before our very eyes,
all is unfurled.

Quickly we learn,
how to be safe.
From danger,
instinctively we fight
or know the difference,
to take flight.

Our world,
through our eyes,
challenging,
hostile,
not knowing what,
in wait is beset
and lies.

Man is the maker of what is.
Destruction versus construction.
Complex or simplistic with the ability
to change and accept change.
A world substantive
and not just materialistic.


Scheme ABXCBDA XXXEXE ADBXXXD XXXCXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 110 10001 00101 1000010 0110101 1101 1011 1111 110 010011 110100 111 101 1101 100 10 1101 01101 01 11010111 01010010 101010100100 110011 01100 01100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 495
Words 83
Sentences 11
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 7, 6
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Victor Gatenby

My name is Victor John Gatenby, born in 1958 and native of North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. I am a researcher of genealogy and started to write poetry in 2002, after retiring from public service. Having a creative and compassionate mind, for helping people, that is in my scope to do, I find that by writing poetry, not only expresses my life thoughts, but I feel, gives meaning and inspiration to others. Whether it be fictional or based on fact, the poetry I write will always be read differently and have a differing meaning from one person to the next. My aim is to give a pleasure to the reader without the poetry being too complex or deep, so as not to be understood or enjoyed. Much of my poetry is based upon life events and perceptions. I find that works well and I can draw upon my own experiences, to put into poetry, a literary art form.Those that read my poetry, I hope gain something from it and enjoy reading the same. At the same time, I am committed to contributing to Poetry.com and it's community, by reading the work of other's and appropriately recording constructive criticism and rating work, without prejudice. I expect my work to be critiqued also with respect and common sense. I have a zero tolerant attitude towards any inappropriate work, words, remarks etc.V J Gatenby (Author) more…

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