Analysis of Lost



The gripping pain of the lost.
Finding it is part of the cost.
A great hero that was to be.
Helping those who could not see.

Trapped under all the great pain.
Unable to escape the terrible game.
Realizing there was no one to help.
Nobody understanding how they felt.

Searching for an unknown peace.
Always giving it away unable to cease.
In the dark a new light begins to shine.
And finally with the Devil do they dine.


Scheme XXAA XXXX BBCC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 0101101 10111101 01101111 1011111 1101011 01010101001 100111111 1010111 1011011 11010101011 0010110111 01001010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 408
Words 79
Sentences 12
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by Brokenoifvet on May 09, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Lowe

I rode as a bullrider on the pro rodeo circut for several years.I also was deployed to Iraq four times during OIF and was injured 3 times.My poems come from the heart break of being apart and the love of what I do and have done. more…

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