Analysis of Tread



I tread upon a darkened path:
Confusion’s shade and fog of wrath
Cloud so the way, my eyes do fail
To ascertain the narrow trail.

Tread follows tread as on I go,
Through brambles sharp along the road;
And voices soft but threat’ning speak
To call aside my weary feet.

But press I on, through murky way.
I must soon see the light of day;
For darkness lingers but a time
 ‘Ere it dispels in gold sun’s shine


Scheme AABB XXXX CCXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 11010101 01010111 11011111 1010101 11011111 11010101 0101111 11011101 11111101 11110111 11010101 11010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 422
Words 90
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 26

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Musings on life's often dark path

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Written on August 01, 2022

Submitted by Dirhaval on August 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Shelby Minick

Shelby grew up reading from a young age and was encouraged to try her hand at different writing styles throughout her schooling years. She began writing poetry several years ago, and her influences are such poets as Tennyson, Longfellow, Kipling, and Tolkien, to name a few. more…

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