Analysis of Transcription



an author blew reconciliation
into a drained narration
a pen his divine instrument

in just words he projected
actual men – descriptively
shaded and traced by then

the sentiments of passed days
oddments of temporary traits
their inner and outer constraints
color sound and scent remains

those neglected in a past so sad
posthumously were acknowledged
with torn-read guilt and regret


Scheme AAX XXX XXXX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11010010 0101010 01101100 0111010 10011 100111 0100111 111001 11001001 1010101 101000111 10000010 1111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 371
Words 61
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 4, 3
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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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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