Analysis of Hope



The grayish sky cannot abstain
Even damper my effluent spirits
An inkblot DYE on my skin
WILL NOT even sink below my heart
An effervescence I cannot contain
It produces an ebullient shine
That dulls the dusty and grimy grit of it
The uneasy and untoward that lies in the pit

HOPE lies in the darkest of monastery
Away from prying eyes and eager ears
Yet grayish stormy skies cannot wash away
The glimmer of sunny days EVEN
If words are absent in expressing
The value IN the sum of our parts

We have power over this grayish sky
We can tell it to move on
Get going and open our TINDER hearts
And give A smile to someone
Even if they feel they are in a BOX


Scheme AXBXAXCC XXXBXD XXDXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01011001 1010110010 111111 111010111 1111001 101010101 11010010111 0010000111001 1100101100 0111010101 11010110101 010110110 111100010 0100011101 1110101101 1111111 11001010101 010111 1011111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 635
Words 128
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 5
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 175
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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Written on July 25, 2021

Submitted by kchance74754 on July 25, 2021

Modified on May 01, 2023

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