Analysis of Patience wins the game
Write your dreams upon a sheet,
And tie it to a kite.
Let it sail along the wind,
Into a starless night.
As the decades come and pass,
You'll find them once again.
Enshrined within the mighty clouds,
They'll fall down with the rain.
Keep your pennies in a jar,
Soon they'll make more cents.
One becomes five, five becomes ten,
You'll have a lot to spend.
Cast your crumbs upon the waves,
Watch them turn to loaves.
Spread your seeds across the plains,
Soon they'll turn to groves.
In a far and distant land,
Plant your flag and stake,
Soon enough you'll end up with,
A vast and mighty state.
Do not try to get rich quick,
And do not strive for fame.
For as we learned from ancient times,
Patience wins the game.
Scheme | XAXAXBXX XXBXXCXC XXXX XDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 011101 1110101 01011 1001101 111101 01010101 111101 1110001 11111 10111011 110111 1110101 11111 1110101 11111 0010101 11101 1011111 010101 1111111 011111 11111101 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 714 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
One of my early poems. It speaks about the importance of patience. It's not how you begin the race, but how you end it.
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Written on November 03, 2022
Submitted by JD.Mags on November 03, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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