Analysis of Drake's Passage
I will return to these shores
One far-off night,
Wander the same trackless way
We walked together so many times,
Elk sounding from the far side of the slough,
Some wary warbler whispering from the hedge,
The dog decoding the rise of the nocturne.
You raced my heart around the Horn,
Dragged the river for my silences,
Wearing a face of ravaged delight,
All the days between then and then,
The one behind, the many ahead.
I replay your tears, your practiced yearnings,
I find small shrines scattered about your forest.
No, I will not bow before them, after much consideration,
Will instead pay homage to the passing drake,
Circling effortless above the quiet waters,
Alone for those unspeakable moments,
Before the wind brings word of his love
From the deep boundlessness of their world.
Scheme | ABCDEFGGHBGIJKGLMNOP |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101111 1111 100111 110101101 1101011101 11010100101 0101001101 11110101 101011100 100111001 10101101 010101001 1011111010 11111001110 111110111010010 10111010101 1001000101010 0111010010 010111111 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 802 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 630 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 135 |
About this poem
Written in 2015, as metaphor of deep love.
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