Analysis of Silence

Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)



I would rather blunder not by speaking,
before the limpid and soft gush of wells,
better let all find me when each seeking,
underneath a tree where the birds like to dwell;

near waves long and tired jaws rushed to bark,
coconuts falling from a thick palm tree,
thin sails of the ships as the stars as sharp,
on a sultry shore of that distant sea;

while I rest in silence betwixt your arms,
gazing at a sunset and how it gleams
off the chains of your neck a thousand charms,
in a lofty castle, that of a dream...

those quick grains slipping through the hands of time,
for a moment with you, can fade like chimes...


Scheme AXAX XBXB CXCX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101110 010101111 1011111110 0101101111 1110101111 101010111 1110110111 1010111101 1110100111 101010111 1011110101 0010101101 1111010111 1010111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 616
Words 132
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on June 01, 2022

Submitted by robertrad2021 on June 01, 2022

Modified by robertrad2021 on March 26, 2023

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