Analysis of What Poetry Is
At the thought your soul alights
Strange fires sparkle in your eyes
Words that kindle your heart
Like logs glowing in the dark
At times it bleeds with bitterness
Painting your days blue
And then so sweet it becomes
Pure honey, gold and true
Tender like mother's tired hands
Wipes out mistakes of long ago
Come drift in the waters serene
Little kids lost in the fog green
It's hope when there is none
Courage when days are gray
It heals the wounds you thought
Forever are here to stay
It comes and goes with time
Commanding love or sacrifice
Takes you hostage at times
It is like . . . politics
Light as a feather, like wind it's free
Like a gambler cheats you at the table
Seduces you with fantasies
Is it in you or is it in me?
Scheme | AABCADADAEFFGHIHJAAAKLAK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 11010011 111011 1110001 11111100 10111 0111101 110101 10110101 11011101 11001001 10110011 111111 101111 110111 0101111 110111 0101110 111011 11110 110101111 1010111010 111100 110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 705 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 579 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 141 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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