Analysis of The Scarlet And The Black
Blood red blooms with foliage green,
Dancing, bowing in the air.
Paint an image so serene
The sweetest scarlet lady fair.
Meadows, fields of floral show
To the landscape, briefly lent;
Come to me where here I grow ~
Lie with me amongst my scent.
Blood red blooms in golden light
Smiling skyward t'ward the blue;
Morning comes with evening's flight
As sunbeams start the day anew.
Gaze on me, peruse my poise,
Enjoy my sanguine, wooing charm;
Hear me sing, consume my noise ~
Lie with me amongst the calm.
Blood red blooms, as crisp as crêpe,
In proudly blazed eccentric rows;
Form their rouge unbounded drape
Where their seed chose to appose.
Here within a rural sea
Swimming, floating as a shoal;
Immerse your being, set you free ~
Lie with me and bathe your soul.
Blood red blooms of poppies gay,
Battling in a wind so strong;
Sent to blow them all away
And sweep their countenance along.
Blood red hues ~ now black as hell,
The winds of war have caused them weep;
Stay you here, this field you fell ~
Lie with me and soundly sleep.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEFGXGX HXHGIFIX JKJKLHLH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1010001 1110101 01010101 111101 101101 1111111 1110111 1110101 10101101 1011101 1110101 1110111 01110101 1110111 1110101 11111111 01010101 1110101 111111 1010101 1010101 01110111 1110111 1111101 10000111 1111101 01110001 1111111 01111111 1111111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,004 |
Words | 191 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
Imagine a poppy field in wartime Belgium/France. What an image it invokes. It would be difficult to describe the plight of the soldier - there through no fault of his own. Best let the poppy speak for itself I think. Written for the centenary of the commencement of WW1 in 2014.
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