Analysis of Loneliness



I saw the total separation of my generation destroyed,
How I mourned disconnectedness.
Down, down, down into the darkness of the disconnectedness,
Gently they go - the entire, the unconditioned, the aggregate.

I saw the inner unhappiness of my generation destroyed,
How I mourned sadness.
Sadness is privileged. sadness is intimate,
sadness is intrinsical, however.

I saw the zany happiness of my generation destroyed,
How I mourned contentment.
Now cuckoo is just the thing,
It gets me wondering if contentment is clawlike.


Scheme ABBC ABCX AXDD
Poetic Form
Metre 110100101101001 1111 11101010101 10110010010100 1101001001101001 11110 10110101100 101110 110101001101001 111010 111101 111100101011
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 526
Words 95
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 141
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

This poem is about loneliness. It is about how we can feel so alone, even when we are surrounded by people. It is about how, sometimes, the people who are closest to us can make us feel the most alone. It is about how, sometimes, we can feel like we are the only ones in the world who understand what it is like to be lonely.

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Written on November 23, 2022

Submitted by christieiyke33 on November 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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