Analysis of Fallen Birds
N. Dale Smith 2001 (San Jose)
Words fall as birds in a poison sky
Striving to fall upon a caring ear
In the hope that their death might
Bring with it some meaning
These words which we utter
Are born without agency
Born without choice
Forced to reflect the desires of their creator
And all I can do is apologize
For their fate
to never achieve
Their singular dream.
For forcing them to die
Having crashed only upon
Cracked soil
And broken souls
Perhaps it is not their fate
Which I should apologize for
But instead for ever having given them
The smallest glimpse of light
| Scheme | AXBX CXXC XDXX AXXX DXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 111100101 1011010101 0011111 111110 111110 1101100 1011 1101001011010 011111010 111 11001 11001 110111 1011001 11 0101 0111111 1110101 10111010101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 547 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Contemporary free verse poem. "Fallen Birds" is written in reference to the fate of the words we say which fail to make a difference.
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Written on December 05, 2022
Submitted by nathans.74557 on December 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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