Analysis of Survivor with Losses
Daniel E. Mayon 1948 (Galena Park, Texas)
Who missed and missed again;
Gazing down at the Milky Way?
Visualizing every lifelong magnificent spark;
With eyes, to eyes, in eyes.
Never warmth, to enhance life.
Never a home for sleep.
Escaped the wrath of beauty.
Results created vapors of pain.
Cheaters did not win; they do,
Directions never change; they don't,
Routes never return; they didn't,
Stars fall from skies; they did.
Losses always show up in memories
Someday along the edge of time.
Time? prayed a good fight,
Never once broke the egg.
Close encounters, hasn't won;
What's left of all dreams?
What's the source of strength?
At last, age old corridors arrive.
The embodied soul has seen victory;
Only a few will face real reality
To survive the thousand arrows
Fired at the enforcer's heart.
Missing the misses that missed.
Who missed the mark
And survived? Life goes on?
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTGGUVWCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 10110101 1001001101001 111101 1011011 100111 0101110 010101011 1011111 01010111 11001110 111111 101110100 1010111 11011 101101 1010101 11111 10111 111110001 0010111100 100111110 10101010 101011 1001011 1101 001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 838 |
Words | 165 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 27 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 656 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 143 |
About this poem
Love partner you never knew.
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Written on January 22, 2022
Submitted by mayonde on January 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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