Analysis of Sun
Claudia Krizay 1956 (Washington DC)
The sun is a woman made of clay
She stands above the mountaintops against a red velvet sky at dawn.
Her skin tone, earthy-hued radiates from afar-
Though chipped around the edges she is still my friend
Nothing I believe can be flawless and her smile is crooked, but sweet.
Her eyes, when wide opened are always filled with awe, wonder and surprise.
A woman molded from clay has skin toned mahogany hued.
Chipped around the edges, she is forever rugged,
Always fighting through the dense fog at dawn.
When days and nights are dreary I cast my eyes about the sky,
And I search for the sun, that awesome woman made from clay.
Her warm earthy tones are calming and
The radiance of joy that she exudes is always comforting.
It is when the full moon rises at dusk that I lose my grounds,
And hear spoken words that others do not hear=
And sometimes I see horrific sights that others do not see.
While the light of the moon is stark the sun’s earthen tones are not garish.
I wander about daily and search for this earthy toned woman called “The sun.”
She would smile her crooked smile at me with thanks that I am her worshipper.
She is my forever friend and shall never be fickle as is the moon,
Waxing and waning past midnight bringing out in me thoughts that are not truly real.
In the darkness I run from all- as I live in fear.
I live in fear but when the sun looks down upon me with her loving eyes,
And when that crooked smile appears upon her face
I am so enticed by her pulchritude; those disturbing thoughts are just whisked away
Within the early April’s warming breeze.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010111 1101010010110111 01110110101 110101011111 10101111000111011 0111101111110001 010101111101001 1010101101010 110101111 110111011110101 01110111010111 011011100 010011110111100 111011101111111 01101110111 001110101110111 10110111011011110 1100110011110110101 1110101111111101 111010101101101101 1001011101011111101 0010111111101 110111011101110101 011101010101 111011011010111101 010101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,575 |
Words | 299 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 249 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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