Analysis of The Path

Melissa R. Meeks 1978 (Florida)



I saw the path,
The path I saw was clear,
I had everything planned perfect,
For all of us my dear.

The path looked smooth and sunny,
Not a dark cloud in the sky,
I was so excited for the journey,
I let all my worries pass on by.

Yet now my worries claim me,
All day and now all night long,
I am ravished with every passing minute,
That the path I chose was wrong.

My worries will not claim me,
My doubts are not my strength,
I will continue on my journey,
I will thrive it's entire length.

Stand in judgement if you must,
For I do not fear to say,
If this path is truly not for me,
I will always find another way.


Scheme XAXA BCBC BDXD BEBE XFBF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101 011111 1110101 111111 0111010 1011001 1110101010 111110111 1111011 1101111 11111001010 1011111 1101111 111111 110101110 11110101 1010111 1111111 111110111 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 617
Words 150
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on January 05, 2023

Submitted by melissa.meeks2121 on January 05, 2023

Modified by melissa.meeks2121 on January 09, 2023

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