Analysis of Ode to Sappho, You & I
Scott Michael Potter 1966 (Grand Rapids, MI)
I will go on and
Continue
When you move on
In the moon painting oceans white
memories of you filter in
Daffodils, anemone, irises
Rhododendron, crocus, coleus,
When the plankton carry the red tide
On their green backs
And spread glowing turquoise embers
Across the black and silent ocean
Colors of memories of labors brush the heavy sky
Petunia, phlox, lantana
Toad lilies, beards tongue, fuscia
Tables with three empty seats
One setting and accoutrements
Lonely and alone I eat
The sun blinds glasses open
Yet memories kindle agreements
With splashes of more of shared digging
Peruvian lilies, heliopsis, campanula
Helianthus, hibiscus, Echinacea
The moon rides the tail of the sun
Here comes the salt of the work
It drips into my vision
Muses play harps in Lydian
Thoughts the chest does jerk
And here you follow the moon
Lyre constellation
In my dark night sky of unfolding
Monarda, marguerite, Montana
Chrysanthemum, pin cushion, lobelia
And as I turn, there is no image
There is no you
And what we were flowers again
Without a copse
Without a song
Without movement
No stag
No hunter
No forest
Scheme | XAX XX BX XXXCX DX XEXCEF GD CHCAHXCF DG XAX BXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 010 1111 00110101 10011100 1010100 01010100 101010011 1111 01101010 010101010 10110011010101 01001010 110111 1011101 11000100 1000111 0111010 110010010 110111110 01001011 1100100 01101101 1101101 1101110 101101 10111 0111001 1010 011111010 101010 01001101 011111110 1111 01101001 0101 0101 0110 11 110 110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,118 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 5, 2, 6, 2, 8, 2, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
"This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end, my only friend...." JMorrison
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Written on February 18, 2022
Submitted by ScottMPotter on May 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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