Analysis of The Arrow and The Man
I sit at the window, as the day is dark and dreary,
when I sit there as I read, I start to grow weary.
I saw something fly by,
it ripped right through the sky.
There she was, standing there,
A dance I wanted to share.
I grabbed my shoes and my cane,
I thought I was going insane.
There we were in the rain, dancing,
just her and I were prancing.
There it was, the arrow once more,
and it ripped right through her core.
I awoke to a book on my chest,
and shoes off my feet,
and clothes on me dry,
I stood there thinking, I didn't even say Goodbye.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101010111010 1111111111110 111011 111101 111101 0111011 1111011 11111001 11000110 1001010 11101011 0111101 101101111 01111 01111 111101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 557 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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The poem, The Arrow and The Man follows an older man that misses his wife and falls asleep so he starts to dream about what it would be like to see her again.
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