Analysis of The Past
The Past
By William Upton
The past is the past people say
Just forget about it and it will go away
Never in my lifetime has that happened to me
I keep thinking of the mistakes I feel I’m not free
I tried meditation and doing other things
But the past has me hanging on slim strings
I feel I’m a puppet to my past
Controlled, manipulated, and vast
My past plays tricks with my head
It keeps telling me things even in bed
The past creeps up and brings back memories
It brings old problems and horrible remedies
All the sudden a voice inside
Saying That I’m not the same outside
It says I’m a great human being
Then I look deep and begin seeing
When I look deep
Oh how I weep
I say thank you lord
Then I read the word
So, I say to you with a happy cry
Listen to that voice don’t let it die
For the Lord is speaking
You must continue seeking
Give the past to Our God
Amen!
Scheme | AX BBCC DDAA EEFF GGHH IIXX JJHH XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 11010 01101101 101011011101 10011111011 1110100111111 11010010101 1011110111 111010111 01010001 1111111 1110111001 0111011100 111100100100 10100101 101110111 111011010 111100110 1111 1111 11111 11101 1111110101 101111111 101110 1101010 1011101 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 886 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
This poem is about a man fighting his past but can't do it alone
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