Analysis of Shadows of a Skull
Libra Mayhew 1979 (Nashville, TN)
Don't take the short cut
Don't take the easy way out
There lies the Shadows of a Skull
Right before your eyes
If you enter a zone of despair
Of desolation and no return
Then it might be too late for you
To turn back.
Unless you close your eyes
Breath deeply
Let go of your fears
And tell yourself, that the darkness
Is nothing more than a side of the light?
That breaches through
In the Shadows of a Skull
You will see death
But you can take death on
And embrace it with hope
When you learn not to fear
death, then so shall you prosper
Down the path of life.
Don't turn away from the darkness
For darkness can be your ally
As the light is much a part of us
As that of darkness.
A Yin & A Yang
They join as one
Let both the light and darkness
Come together, because the light
cannot act on its own
Let the Shadows of a Skull
Know you're not afraid
That would stand in the faces
Of evil and then tell it
To leave and never return.
For when you stand ready
For when you stand facing the trumpets
Then so shall you shout
Victory! For the Shadows of a Skull
Is no match for your perseverence.
Scheme | XABC XDEX CFXGHE BXXXXXX GXGG XXGHX BXXXD FXABC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 11011 1101011 1101101 10111 111001101 10100101 11111111 111 011111 110 11111 01011010 1101101101 1101 001101 1111 111111 001111 111111 1111110 10111 11011010 11011110 101110111 11110 0101 1111 1101010 10100101 101111 101101 11101 1110010 1100111 1101001 111110 111110010 11111 100101101 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,070 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 7, 4, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Font size:
Submitted by SwiftManePrincess11 on February 16, 2021
Modified on April 27, 2023
- 1:07 min read
- 6 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Shadows of a Skull" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 2 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/62047/shadows-of-a-skull>.
Discuss this Libra Mayhew poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In