Analysis of Contrivance

Robert loughran 1962 (Ireland)



Perhaps apart from physical need,
all else is contrivance,
invented by hungry thought,
seeking just its own permanence.

That every actor needs a stage,
his special  part to play,
attention from his audience,
every dog must have its day..

All life seeks to flower
,rose and weed alike,
claiming space around it,
to replicate its type.

Perhaps all thought is fabrication
fantasy aligned
to fit the shape available
its kingdom to find


Scheme XAXA XBAB XXXX XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 010111001 111010 0101101 10111100 110010101 110111 01011100 10011111 111110 10101 101011 11011 01111010 10001 11010100 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 434
Words 86
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 87
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

About the nature of thought, and free will

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Written on March 29, 2024

Submitted by robertl.92681 on March 29, 2024

Modified by robertl.92681 on March 29, 2024

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