Analysis of Silent Heart
The dark cold can't warm
the silent heart stilled by the past
nor can it give voice to the scattered ones
left behind by a mighty harm.
I long to see a time at last
when sight is not just a sense of the eye
nor a gift for the ancient and holy
rather a birthright with great calm.
The dark cold can be stilled by the warmth
of a beating heart unstilled by the past
giving heat to the voices of the scattered ones
left behind to create a world without harm.
| Scheme | ABCDBEFGHBCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111 01011101 1111110101 10110101 11110111 1111101101 1011010010 1001111 011111101 101011101 101101010101 10110101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 463 |
| Words | 101 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 359 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 93 |
About this poem
When we feel cold, weak and left behind our hearts may become stilled by past generational wrongs. I would like all to acknowledge those wrongs to create a new path in which all realize a greater world voice is found in unity.
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Written on March 16, 2022
Submitted by hilshanjai on March 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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