Analysis of CRAVING AND CHASING
Fidelis Peter Olowu 1982 (Agbarho Kingdom)
Mortal man! Oh mortal man!
Like a whirlwind in the Saharah
You blow and flow in every direction
Appearing to be so busy here and there
With no eternal value to show for it.
Like a hungry angry lion,
You chase every prey called opportunity
Paying no attention to this body wherein I live,
Having no time for meditation, togetherness,
Prayer, laughter, and such things as I like
I'm the invisible immortal part of you,
I starve and die slowly daily
But, at my agony, with blind eyes you look,
To my painful cry, with deaf ears you listen;
Consoling me with polished procrastinations
While craving and chasing mortal things
Which you must one day live behind.
But there comes a day when down this body breaks
For self-attention deficit
And you suddenly have all the time to receive
Medical attention in the temple of medics
Where you'll willingly pay to be tormented
By soulless syringes and other medical equipment
In pursuit of the same good health
You once enjoyed for free but took for granted.
What then is a vanishing vanity,
If not to amount inexhaustible wealth
For a sick soul strolling to the great beyond?
Scheme | XABAX BCXDX XCXBDXX XXXXXXEX CEX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 101001 11010100010 01011110101 11010101111 10101010 11100110100 10101011100111 101110100100 110011111 100100010111 11011010 11110011111 11101111110 01011101 110010101 11111101 11101111101 11010100 011001101101 1000100010110 1110011110 110010010100010 00110111 11011111110 1110100100 11101001001 10111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,092 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 7, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 179 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
About this poem
Just a thought about life.
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Written on July 30, 2021
Submitted by fidepet on July 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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