Analysis of The Poet Within
The Poet Within
I have fought my battles daily,
Half a century’s past.
I hear you speak of your inner self to me
No longer cruel and conniving.
Your words speak to me with eloquence,
At times, too deep to comprehend-
The poet that lives within me
Whispers innermost thoughts
with much care, respect, and harmony.
Your words may be incomprehensible
To others who walk a different pathway,
But to me your passion runs deep,
To touch the very core of me, that poet alive within.
Words once were bittersweet,
Twisting wrathfully inside of my heart,
But now I comprehend
That they were only an elusive part of me.
Your passion is lithe and tender-
Cradling me as you would a slumbering, innocent child-
Evoking both tears and laughter from within-
I invite you to reappear and speak to me
Upon this early morning’s dawning.
After the sun has risen you tip-toe away in silence-
I know you shall return to comfort and inspire me
With the sweetness of your intonations,
When I need to see the light.
I shall welcome your companionship,
But most of all the music of your spirit.
What you give me is none but love
And the gift of your artistry and wisdom
Through your softly spoken words.
Scheme | A BXBC DEBXB XXXA XXEB XXA BCD BXX XXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001 11111010 1011 11111110111 110100010 111111100 1111101 01011011 10101 111010100 111100100 1101101001 11111011 110101111100101 11010 10101111 11101 110101010111 11011010 100111101001001 01011010101 10111010111 011101010 100111011101010 1111011100011 1010110010 1111101 11101010 11110101110 11111111 00111100010 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,168 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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