Analysis of Climate change & the human race

Roger Rodrigo 2058 (Kuala Lumpur)



The winds blow stronger and the waters rise,
As our planet's health continues to decline.
We've pushed too far, and now we pay the price,
For ignoring nature's warning signs.

We've taken too much, we've consumed it all,
Trees felled, animals lost, a massive toll.
Our actions have led to a fragile state,
And now it's too late to simply wait.

But still we resist, refuse to believe,
That we play a role, in what we receive.
We search for excuses, make excuses to hide,
Denying the damage, for which we're to bide.

The time is now, to act, to unite,
And turn the tide, before it's too late to fight.
We must learn to live in harmony with earth,
And protect its balance, for what it's worth.

The future is ours, to shape and to hold,
To be the guardians, as stories are told.
Of a race that rose, from the ashes of time,
And saved their planet, one step at a time.


Scheme XXXX XXAA BBCC DDEE FFGG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0111000101 110101010101 1111011101 101010101 1101110111 1110010101 10101110101 011111101 1110101101 1110101101 111010101011 01001011111 01111111 01010111111 11111010011 0011101111 01011011011 11010011011 10111101011 0111011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 866
Words 187
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

Mother Nature has outlasted the donosaurs but can we?

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Written on February 05, 2023

Submitted by pepito3064 on February 04, 2023

Modified on March 16, 2023

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Roger Rodrigo

Not essentially a poet per se but has been a journalist for many years. Now in my twilight years poetry begins to assume a new character, a kind of disposition which allows expressions to bloom rven in dark times. more…

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