Analysis of Late In The Game



Late in the Game

It seems to me to be late in the game
in this, my long complicated journey
Hearts, poker and qwirkle remembered
as games and time well spent along the trail
Winning or losing were equally fine
Reminding me that in the game of life
One must be prepared for plenty of both

It seems to me to be late in the game
My life stands in the balance and the
grim reaper approaches from the wings
A long productive life it was, though not
always so in the experiencing
Pleasures in particular seem to be
replaced by sad planetary endings

It seems to me to be late in the game
Future upheavals of our earth mother
make my eyes tear for all the grandchildren
Are humans capable of looking up
And seeing the metaphoric comet
Streaking into our line of sight sooner
Than you can say Jackie Robinson

It seems to me to be late in the game
For human evolution to make us
A better species…


Scheme a Abxxxxx Axcxxbc Adexxde Axx
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 1111111001 011110010 11001010 1101110101 1011001001 0101100111 1110111011 1111111001 111001000 110010101 0101011111 110001000 1000100111 11110010 1111111001 10010110110 111111010 1101001101 0100110 10011011110 111110100 1111111001 110010111 01010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 901
Words 179
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 7, 7, 7, 3
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 34

About this poem

This Poem is about endings, personal and planetary. It was written quickly with no looking back. It is the poem that is also the title of a book of poems I plan to publish this year.

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Written on January 01, 2022

Submitted by justbojo on January 04, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Joan Enoch, M.D.

Joan is an 81 year old retired psychiatrist/psychoanalyst, living at this time, on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, almost off the grid. Her “handle” is justjoanthegypsy, for all the places in this country that she has lived and worked. She is putting together her second book of poetry, to come out near her 82nd birthday. more…

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