Analysis of The Syncopated Riddle of Life
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
A pulse, a heartbeat, a human breath.
The waves of the ocean.
A billowing cloud floating by.
Tree leaves blowing in the wind.
The soft mewing of a kitten, a pig’s harsh grunt.
The quacking of a caring mother duck.
The cawing of blackbirds in flight.
The screeching of a nested tree owl.
A bevy of winsome schoolgirls.
In a choreograph of laughter.
Giggling cheerfully with sweet innocence.
Frolicking idly during school recess.
The gawking of adolescent schoolboys.
Admiring spritely young maidens.
Skipping up and down the pavement.
In merriment that it’s springtime.
Syncopated harmony of Earth’s creatures.
A choir of majestic concord.
All singing of the great riddle.
The syncopated riddle of life.
And I a poet registering.
Registering with my heartbeat.
Joining that polyphonic symphony.
Lyrically in verses of sweet praise.
Scheme | XXXX AXXX BXBB BBAX BXXX XXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101 011010 01001101 1110001 01110100111 011010101 0111001 010101011 0101101 00100110 10010011100 1001010101 01010101 0101110 10101010 01111 1001001110 01010101 11010110 01001011 010101000 1000111 10110100 100010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 841 |
Words | 161 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
During the Spring season, the forsythia in bloom delightfully parades her golden colors. The daffodils join in the gay display. Red-breasted robins come out to chirp along. The honeysuckle blooms in merriment, gleefully tempting dancing hummingbirds and flittering butterflies to savor their sweet nectar. All of nature is in joyful celebration, celebrating with syncopated dance and music the riddle of life.
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Written on April 01, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on April 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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