Analysis of I searched...



I searched...
I searched when a new morning of priorities called for attention.
In you, I found a colleague who honoured requests...

When simulations were going wrong and productivity was growing thin... I searched...
In you, I found ways to address the computational hunger, and research was nourished…

I searched when questions attempted to choke me with confusion.
In you, I found a mentor and exhaled a fresh smile...

When Mr Busy Friday called Refreshment by his first name... I searched...
In you, I found a friend who cheered me up with cake and some nibbles...

I searched when talking science groomed a thirst for constructive comments.
In you, I found a supervisor who politely offered a cup of calm remarks to drink the thirst away.

For a moment that seemed almost endless, I searched...
I searched for yet but a longer while...
For the most suitable amongst many...I searched...

I searched for what? You ask... Well, I searched....
I searched for words…
I searched for the right way to appreciate the colleague, supervisor, mentor and friend found in you...

And when simply put, what I found is:   Thank You and God Bless You!
                                                                    Dedicated to Dr. Lutz Ackermann by Katlego William Phoshoko -31-08-2012


Scheme ABX AX BC AX XX ACA AXD DX
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11101101010011010 01110101101 1010010100100110111 01111110010010001110 111100101111010 011101001011 11010101010111111 0111011111110110 1111010101101010 01110100101010011101110101 10101111011 111110101 1011000111 111111111 1111 1110111010010100101101 011011111110111 100011110011101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,263
Words 205
Sentences 23
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 49
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on September 05, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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