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
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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J.D. Mags

I spent seven years as a photojournalist. I spend much of my time writing poems, listening to music and thinking about life. I have traveled to numerous countries around the world and realized that people everywhere are the same. more…

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