Analysis of Celebration Of Kinship
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Step over ants,
Their tiny bodies curved
Like crescent moons on the sidewalk.
Underneath your feet,
The world hums,
Each step a staccato
In their minuscule symphony.
Put worms back in the grass,
They are architects of the soil.
They tunnel through earth,
Weaving intricate tapestries,
Nurturing life unseen.
In their wiggling dance,
Lies the pulse of rejuvenation.
Rescue baby caterpillars,
Fragile threads of potential,
Tiny vessels of transformation.
In their delicate skins,
They carry whispers of wings,
Promises of flight.
Their journey has just begun,
And who are we to deny them
A chance to soar?
Release spiders back into your garden,
They are spinners of destiny.
Their silken webs are bridges
Between predator and prey,
A delicate balance of survival.
In the shadows they weave
Their intricate tapestries,
Their existence a masterclass
In patience and precision.
Open windows for bees to fly home,
They are poets of pollination.
Drunk on nectar,
They dance upon petals,
Imprinting life's secrets
Into honey's luminescent gold.
Their buzzing chorus,
An anthem to the interconnectedness
Of all living things.
They are all little souls that
Deserve a life too.
In the grand tapestry of existence,
Even the smallest stitches matter.
What is life,
If not a celebration of kinship,
An ode to the simple organic dance
Unfolding around us?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 110101 1101101 0111 011 11001 0110100 111001 1110101 11011 10100100 100101 011001 10110010 1010100 1011010 10101010 011001 1101011 10011 1101101 01111011 0111 0110101110 11101100 1101110 0110001 0100101010 00111 1100100 101001 0100010 101011111 11101010 1110 110110 010110 0110101 11010 110101 11101 1111011 01011 0011001010 100101010 111 11001011 1110100101 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,350 |
Words | 261 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 9, 9, 9, 8 |
Lines Amount | 49 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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