Analysis of I Wonder

Tony Tryanski 1941 (Philadelphia)



The blink between oblivion and eternity
Is where we all find ourselves now
We are all fairly certain we "are" here
But none of us really know how

As to our reason for being
Now that's a real cause for concern
We are taught we must follow the right path
Or in Hell's fire we burn

I wonder what is the right path?
Many answers are proffered
By pundits who claim the knowledge
Of the true meaning of Gods' word

Rivers of ink across paper
Have flowed over eons of time
Describing the right path to follow
For you to discover in your mind
But given the same information
For each of us to perceive
Our conclusions alike as snowflakes
So whose version should we believe?

We bring in nothing with us
Yet we leave everything behind
As light filters in from the exit
The questions still churn in our mind

Our common destination
Much envisioned, yet unseen
Will remain a lifelong conundrum
Till we reach the end of our dreams


Scheme XAXA XBCB CDXD XXXEFGXG XEXE FXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101010000100 111110011 1111010111 11111011 111010110 11011101 1111110011 1011011 11011011 1010110 11011010 10110111 10110110 11101011 010011110 111010011 11001010 1111101 100100111 11101101 1101011 1111001 111001010 010110101 1010010 1010101 101011010 111011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 961
Words 182
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 8, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 29

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I wrote this because I wonder

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Submitted by atryanski on August 15, 2023

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Tony Tryanski

I'm 81 years of age. Wrote my first poem at age 72. Don't know if any of it is any good. I'm anxious to here what you guys think. more…

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