Analysis of It's Not Easy

Robert T. Davenport 1979 (Newark, New Jersey)



It’s Not Easy

By Robert T. Davenport

In a world of darkness and despair,

Where negativity pervades the air,

I strive to uplift, to inspire, to heal,

But writing poetry becomes an uphill ordeal.

How can I weave words of hope and light,

When darkness surrounds me day and night?

The weight of negativity, heavy on my soul,

Makes it hard to find the words to console.

I sit at my desk, pen in hand,

But the words escape, like grains of sand.

My heart aches, my spirit grows weak,

As I struggle to find the solace I seek.

Yet in this struggle, a fire ignites,

A determination to vanquish the nights.

For every negative word that I hear,

I'll write a poem that drowns out the fear.

I'll paint with words, a canvas of love,

A tapestry of hope, soaring high above.

I'll write of sunsets, and rainbows too,

To remind the world of the beauty that's true.

For in the face of adversity, I'll stand tall,

Writing poetry that breaks down the wall.

With every line, I'll fight the darkness within,

And uplift hearts with the love I bring.

So, though it's not easy, I'll continue to write,

To spread joy and kindness, with all my might.

For in this world of negativity and strife,

I'll be the poet who brings back life.


Scheme X X A A B B C C D D E E F F G G X X H H I I J J X X C C K K
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 110110 001110001 101000101 1111010111 1101000111101 111111101 110011101 011010010111 1111101110 11111101 101011111 11111011 11101101011 1011001001 0001011001 11001001111 1101011101 111101011 01001110101 1111011 10101101011 100110100111 1010011101 110011101001 010110111 111110101011 1110101111 10111010001 110101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,251
Words 297
Sentences 14
Stanzas 30
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 31
Words per stanza (avg) 8

About this poem

It's not easy trying to inspire, uplift, heal and unite a divided people... But may my poems be a start

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Written on October 27, 2023

Submitted by BigNuttyTheBlackBishop on February 13, 2024

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