Analysis of For The Artist



We pour our hearts
Onto canvas,
Or into words
That we write,
Hoping someone
Will see the beauty,
And validate
Our endless soaring.
But sometimes
The world is unkind,
And our art
Is left unheard,
Leaving us
Feeling lost
And broken,
Yearning
For just one word.
We soldier on
Through the struggle
And continue
To create
For the love
Of our craft
And the hope
It generates.
Being an artist
Isn't easy.
But it's what we
Were born to do.
And with each stroke
Of our brush,
Or pen
Our true selves
Shine through
Like the sun
On a cloudy day.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11101 1010 1011 111 101 11010 0100 101010 101 01101 0101 1101 101 101 010 10 1111 1101 1010 0010 101 101 1101 001 110 10110 1010 1111 0111 0111 1101 11 1011 11 101 10101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 549
Words 129
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 36
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 418
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Written on June 20, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 20, 2023

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Joe Strickland

Writer from South Carolina. Recently signed first publishing contract and is waiting for release date of first collection of poetry. I've never written a poem while completely sober. You can follow me on Twitter/X @JoeStricklandAU more…

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