Analysis of Inspiration



Ink is pulsing throughout my veins,
To seep into the page
And releasing from captivity,
My feelings from their cage.

Even when the words cannot flow,
There’re inspired songs among
The rhythm of the birds and beasts,
That thrives in nature's throng.

Beneath the shadowed forest boughs,
I rest on benches that
Are carved by the travelling wind,
Where centuries have sat.

By always taking paths unpaved,
I find the verse to write
Of nature or of love and loss,
While dusk drips into night.

The sky paints a new nebula,
As it spills off her brush
And splash onto the words I weave,
That makes the evening blush.


Scheme XABA XXXX XCXC BDXD XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 11100111 110101 001010100 110111 10101101 1010101 01010101 110101 01010101 111101 11101001 110011 111011 110111 11011101 111011 01101100 111101 01100111 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 613
Words 127
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

From my book Tarnished Treasures. I find inspiration wandering through the hills of Wales, the forests of England and mountainous coasts of Ireland. Where do you find your inspiration from?

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Written on June 01, 2023

Submitted by MikeBarrett on March 29, 2024

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