Analysis of The Hands That Guitar

Sherry Caayupan 1980 (Davao city)



Tiny droplets rain on me on the blooming fields,
As I merrily danced with the kissing tulips;
The graceful rays of the rainbow shield,
These small fingers that yield loving grips;

I felt one with this worldly land,
No other's touch can move me;
The sound of guitar strings heard grand,
Swam into this field of unbroken dreams;

I slept a second through the hustling of the serenading wind,
The hurly burly of the bustled city unfelt;
I'm loved with the world and one with him,
No other plucks the guitar, it can't be stealth;

We'd make a nostalgic music along these steps,
Side by side, we held hands;
Not even the butterflies or little specks,
Made seeming spectra for what him and I have;

The sun shines at six minutes to three,
As we went to the spacious front porch;
His songs still set us free,
As he strums towards our main door-
The hands that guitar.


Scheme XXAX BCBX XAXX XXXX CXCXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101011110101 111001101010 01011011 111011101 11111101 1101111 01101111 1011110101 1101010100100101 01010101101 111010111 11010011111 110010100111 111111 1100101101 11010111011 011111011 111101011 111111 111011011 01101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 837
Words 158
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 135
Words per stanza (avg) 32

About this poem

This poem is about two lovers enjoying the countryside with music as they head to their home.

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Written on August 01, 2021

Submitted by Pink_Crystal on July 31, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sherry Caayupan

Sherry Caayupan is a poet from the Philippines. more…

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