Going Down Lonely Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJKLBBMNKOBB JBJPQRJ| I sail on a dark lonely road | A |
| Where scalding pains reside within me | B |
| Yet there is no ear to pour them into | C |
| I confide in my heart | D |
| But it seems it has borne enough | E |
| As it struggles to convey them for my eyes to behold | F |
| My hands are always open | G |
| With roses to share | H |
| But no one to clasp my chest | I |
| All day long my roses shed tears | J |
| Flowing beneath me like the Nile | K |
| Too deep for me to drown | L |
| Life scowls upon me | B |
| And all my companions on this journey desert me | B |
| When I weep | M |
| My longing for a comforting hand goes unfulfilled | N |
| Because no one is willing to trade a smile | K |
| I spend my days in a bewildering whirlwind | O |
| Even in this chaos the hands of men elude me | B |
| My open hands grow weary | B |
| The beautiful rose flower's neck droops | J |
| And I grow even lonelier | B |
| The struggle within me intensifies | J |
| As I continue to tread forward | P |
| I become weak and fearful | Q |
| My soul begins to panic | R |
| Until I bow my head in miserable loneliness | J |
Alfred James
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Poet's note: The storyline of this poem is that which symbolizes the suffering of the poet as he struggles to get companionship. The poet is not able to share his pains and the challenges that life serves him. The only person he could get was himself. Likewise, he had no one to express his love to. The forlornness of the poet is the storyline of this poem.
This poem was written a few months ago. The poem is written for all those who are stuck within the abyss of forlorn; dwellers in the ocean of despair. In the poem, the poet expresses feelings of loneliness, bleakness, lack of companionship, friendlessness, pain, and frustration. The poet has nobody to share his "scalding pains" with. Even the love that he has that is metaphorically symbolized by "rose" is not relatable.
This poem means so much to me because in it I can feel the pains of those who are dejected by the claws of loneliness.
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