A Critical Appreciation of the poem ‘There is one last note’ written by the poet Marc W. Kohler from Rhode Island United States.

Dr Zik from Jhelum Pakistan
5 min readAug 14, 2021
Dr. Zik the inventor of Zikorean Poetry in English from Jhelum (the land of scholars and poets), Pakistan
Marc W. Kohler a famous Ziketeer and Zikorean Poet in English from Rhode Island, United States.

There is one last note

By observing the structural analysis of the poem we meet with the prominent Ziketeer Poet who is smiling from Rhode Island, United States.
The structural analysis of this poem shows a trend of writing poems in the post-modern period of English literature as:
Ziket:
1. A Ziket consists of two poetic lines.
2. The first line has 1 to 8 syllables and the second line has 1 to 5 syllables or vice versa. It depends upon the mood and revelation of the poet.
3. The longest Ziket has a total of 13 syllables. e.g. Walt Whitman’s
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4. The shortest Ziket has a total of 2 syllables; https://bit.ly/3rLDVaU
one syllable in each poetic line.
Zinet:
Zinet is the shortest poetic form in English and in the world. It consists of only one poetic line to write or compose a whole poem. It has only 1 to 5 syllables. It has only 5 types. The longest Zinet contains 5 syllables to express the theme of the poem.
The shortest poetic form in English in the world is “First Type Zinet’ which has only one syllable in a unique single poetic line, for example, my first type of Zinet poems on the All Poetry is:
Achievements of the World
Wow!
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Pangs and Worries
Ah!
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Structural Analysis:

There is one last note
At the close of any day

(The first line contains 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones and the second line has 7 syllables out of a total of 8 ones)

In the darkness or twilight
Of just any day.

(The first line contains 7 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

There is the toast, the ending toast
By the hearth, and fire

(The first line contains 8 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

(by skipping ‘by the’ the theme remains the same from the first line, the theme remains the same as ‘By the hearth, and by the fire’)

In the ending of our day.
Farewell, and goodnight

(The first line contains 7 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

We say often and
Understand them little

(The first line contains 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones and the second line has 6 syllables out of a total of 8 ones)

And feel them even less,
And yet we say them

(The first line contains 6 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

Still we repeat them
Until we are hoarse.

(The first line contains 5 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

They are the last notes
And we dearly love them, too,

(The first line contains 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones and the second line has 7 syllables out of a total of 8 ones)

Though not sure why,
No more or less than the love

(The first line contains 4 syllables out of a total of 5 ones and the second line has 7 syllables out of a total of 8 ones)

We bear those who have passed our way.
The goodness of good

(The first line contains 8 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

(by skipping ‘May’ and ‘and’ from the first line, the theme remains the same as ‘May the goodness of good and’)

The safety of safe hands
Caress you

(The first line contains 6 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 3 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

(by skipping ‘wherever you are’ from the second line, the theme remains the same as ‘Caress you wherever you are’)

May the twilight in you shine through
In standing or lying

(The first line contains 8 syllables out of a total of 8 ones and the second line has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

(by skipping ‘and’ and ‘you’ from the first line, the theme remains the same as ‘May the twilight shine in you and through you’ and by skipping ‘And’ from the second line, here again, the theme remains the same as ‘And in standing or lying)

In living or dying
May this light be the reflection

(The first line contains 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones and the second line has 8 syllables out of a total of 8 ones)

Your eternity

(It is a beautiful Zinet as it has 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones)

(by skipping ‘Of, in, you’ from this single line, and by organizing it in this way that ‘Yours eternity, the theme remains the same as ‘Of eternity in you’)

Good night, my love.
My sweet, sweet love.

(The first line contains 5 syllables out of a total of 5 ones and the second line has 4 syllables out of a total of 8 ones)

At last, I want to admit, It is a beautiful and amazing poem written in Zikorean Style.

Well done, Marc W. Kohler the famous Zikorean Poet in English from Rhode Island, United States.

Dr. Zik

from Jhelum (the land of scholars and poets)

Pakistan.

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Dr Zik from Jhelum Pakistan

Dr. Zik is the inventor of Zikorean English literature. He is a poet and the author of 4 books on Amazon, 4 dictionaries, ducationist and journalist.