Analysis of A Letter From the Sky
If somehow all your plaintive pleas
Don't reach my ears tomorrow,
If all sweet dreams you dreamt of me
Take shape of grief and sorrow.
If somehow all get a crush on you
And they get on their knees,
And you find all pleasures, false or true
But get no more of me.
I wish so much you would not cry
With your nerves so pale and grey,
Nor to life, you would say goodbye
And slay yourself that way.
For I wish so much to see you live
To see you smile all day,
To discern the love I could not give
Before I went away.
So fear no more these worldly sorrows
Nor awful twisted words,
Rather hear me calling every morrow
With the blended notes of birds.
Feel my touch so calm and soothing
In the warmth of the summery sun,
Catch my fragrance, strong and pleasing
When the frantic day is done.
And remember one day far from crowds
where the blue sky meets the land,
I'll be waiting for you, all unbowed
To greet and kiss your hands.
Scheme | ABCB DADC EFEF XFXF XGBG HIHI XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (71%) |
Metre | 1111101 111101 11111111 1111010 11110111 011111 011110111 111111 11111111 1111101 1111111 010111 111111111 111111 101011111 011101 111111010 110101 10111010010 1010111 11111010 0011011 11101010 1010111 001011111 1011101 111011101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 927 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on August 02, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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