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 |
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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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