Analysis of Something More
Kristy Brown 1984 (Nova Scotia)
Sparkling gold warms the breadth
Disdain thoughts blacken my head
I gaze out the window to see the incandescent sky
A night spent in restless wonder haunts my mind
Why do these thoughts burden me?
The well travelled road would work easily
But here I exist, complicating everything
Always the hard road, the one less taken
“There’s gotta be something more for me”
I scream in the quiet of my soliloquy
Something bigger and more challenging
“The best is yet to come”, is endearing
I pace the floor searching my mind
For some kind of answer, a moment in time
Something that tells me it will all be alright
Uneasy threatens my peace with might
Deep down I know it works in the end
The pages turn and the world is your friend
In the tired moments during the pain
It’s hard to imagine yet alone maintain
I suppose I will put all of my eggs in a basket
Roll the dice, gamble my life if they’ll have it
Put faith in the unseen,
Toss it all in a tureen
Give up my wishes
For second-luck chances
Throw away the manifestations
The hopes, the prayers and frustrations
Here I am, raw and unclothed
Ready for truth, Ready to be shown
Where my legacy leads me
My way was beseeching
I give it all up
Take the lessons, and leave me.
Scheme | XAXB CCDE CCDD BXFF GGHH XXXEXXII AXCDXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 0111011 1110101100101 01101010111 1111101 0110111100 1110110010 101101110 110110111 110010110100 101001100 0111111010 11011011 11111001001 1011111111 010101111 111111001 0101001111 0010101001 11101010101 10111111110010 10110111111 110001 111001 11110 110110 10100010 01010010 111101 101110111 1110011 111010 11111 1010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,239 |
Words | 242 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8, 6 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
I yearn for more in life. I feel there is something bigger that I’m meant to do. These words express my thoughts around that.
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