Imitation #5: Endless Journey by Mary Barnet

ENDLESS JOURNEY

Mary Barnet

Some journeys, I believe, are endless A
For what the mother does not find  B
One hundred years later  C
The great-grandchild discovers. D
Such is the nature of the animal.  E

Within the soul there is an endless journey also :  F
In search of love that lasts ;   G
Trying to find forever in one moment.  H

 

I had a hard time finding what these lines were exactly about. But taking a guess I believe it’s about the journey us humans take when we are trying to find something, whether it’s love or anything important. These lines were a critique. The rhyme scheme for these lines were A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H. There are some literal as well as figurative meanings. For example, in line five, human behaviors are being compared to animals and that’s an example of a metaphor. But line eight is an example of literal meaning. The meaning of the line is right out. There is no hiding the meaning. The tone is this poem is almost mysterious. It’s like there is something this poem is hiding.