Analysis of a break in a boulder



a break in a boulder

i know this kid
his eyes so blue
when he speaks of me
i think of you

i yearned his ways, his boyish grins
the aches of yesterday--the needles and pins
and for a while i loathed his life
his upper class, his perfect wife
but soon i heard his painful past
the boy next door could just not last

and there he was
merely a kid in his backyard
no friends to play
no prayers to say
tells all of his gods his feelings today
when all is dark--in the night he's a stray

for when i do, i do, i do

oh, how i'd love to fall in love with you

Copyright ©2005 Berthram Bowles


Scheme X XAXA BBCCDD XXEEEE A A X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 010010 1111 1111 11111 1111 11111101 0111001001 01011111 11011011 11111101 01111111 0111 1001011 1111 1111 1111111001 1111001101 11111111 1111110111 1011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 562
Words 122
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 6, 6, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

This poem won various international prizes shortly after it was published in 2005. Its unique ability to delve into the human psyche of utter loss, without even trying, leaves a rather heavy lump when the poem concludes.

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Written on January 11, 2004

Submitted on August 21, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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