Analysis of Ten Birds in the Sky



I am the way I am
meanwhile I then

know
the twists
in the paths of my mind

have tried all detractions
the subways
the walk-across

trotted roads
but biased weighing
is still going on

how to build an existence
encountering me in misery’s hands
wading without grasp in these low lands

where is still drought for my sheep
what in these times can I keep

maybe it will be this rain-whistler then
in the palm of my shy hand


Scheme XA XBX BXX XXX XCC DD AX
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 111 1 01 001111 1111 01 0101 101 11010 11101 1111010 01001011 100110111 1111111 1011111 1011111101 0011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 404
Words 81
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 48
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

Title refers to a Dutch saying: it’s better to have one bird in your hand than having ten birds flying in the sky.

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Submitted by ludy_b on October 08, 2021

Modified by ludy_b on October 11, 2021

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Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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