Analysis of A Sudden Morning



I woke up crying today
and I'm not sure why.
Maybe it's the turning
of the seasons,
or the condensation of a year.
Or perhaps, there's just no reason
I think maybe
that's my greatest fear.

I feel not unlike
the waning autumn leaves
Who
, in falling to the ground,
are victimed
by the changing of the world around.

And I imagine
that they too
are crying,
In their own
imperceivable
ways of existing


Scheme AXBXCDXC XXEFAF DEBXXB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (45%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1111001 01111 101010 1010 10010101 10111110 1110 11101 11101 010101 1 010101 11 101010101 01010 111 110 011 1 11010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 405
Words 87
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

This poem I'm my attempt at expressing the quiet type of sadness that can sometimes arise from the routine passing of time. I hope to convey the existential feeling of pain without meaning and how that can affect our sense of agency.

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Submitted by antoniob.29575 on August 18, 2023

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Antonio Benavides

Born and raised in Nampa, Idaho I practice poetry in my free time. more…

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