Analysis of Deep Night Blues (doina)



Hidden scars
channelled thru
the fingers
softly
but firmly
biting
sound out
the strings (wood)
of a guitar (caval)

give
the ravaged
healing soul
voice
to howl
at the moon


Scheme XXXAAXXXA XXXXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (73%)
Metre 101 11 010 10 110 10 11 011 10011 1 010 101 1 11 101
Characters 173
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 6
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted by Traian06 on October 13, 2022

Modified by Traian06 on July 31, 2023

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