Analysis of In the Moment
Kimberly Michaela Stephens 1985 (Kentucky)
In the Moment
Today is all I have
After all
The past is a nightmare I just woke up from
I don’t have to heal from what isn’t real
If I can just convince myself, that’s the deal
To look back means to relive it
And I don’t want to re-feel it
Think about it… or rather don’t
Tomorrow is a dream
Opaque through the mist and the haze
I can’t see where to step
And there’s fear of the unknown in those days
What if I stumble? What if I falter?
Will I have more to leave on the altar?
Will I succeed or will I fail?
Is there yet more suffering beyond the veil?
No, today is all I have
One foot in front of the other
One good choice for myself leads to another
And maybe one day it will be enough
But today I just need to be tough
Yesterday and tomorrow are rough
But nothing truly exists but this moment
To make a choice to breathe freely or live in torment
| Scheme | A BXXCCDDA XEXEFFGG BFFHHHAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0010 011111 101 0110111111 111111111 1111011101 11111011 01111111 10111101 01101 01101001 111111 0111001011 1111011110 1111111010 11011111 11111000101 1011111 11011010 1111111010 0101111101 101111111 1000111 11010011110 110111101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 883 |
| Words | 195 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 165 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
About this poem
Trying to put my life back together once again after a divorce
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Written on December 25, 2023
Submitted by kimberly.stephens515 on December 25, 2023
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