The Meaning Of Life
Rev. Ryan CH Leacock 1966 (England)
I crawled into a shell
to look for an answer
It was deeper than a well
more painful than a cancer
A mere clear riddle, designed to intrigue
which required no real answer
but perplexed like a league
of misunderstandable understandables;
making the manageable seem unmanageable
It struck me that the meaning
by definition itself
did not do it much justice
and provided no real help
So I looked to the wise men, scholars and on
Left feeling life's a game; I merely a pawn
Then came an answer, which was very misleading
Life's meaning began when I started breathing
So quietly I sat down, bewildered in strife
and commenced contemplating, the meaning of life
About this poem
When I was at my lowest point in life, I began to look into that which drives both my emotions and senses, in an attempt to get in touch with those elements of myself, which have been locked away for far too long.... Herein lies but one of the results, in poetic form.
Written on 2004
Submitted by heavens_e on October 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABABCBCDEFGDHIJFFKK |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 654 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
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