Analysis of The Raven
(THE RAVEN)
She is dark matter encased in flesh.
Not the false insecurities that
Discourage her flight.
Her bravery is the skyline...
Ebony wings painting the canvas of clouds.
The worries of earth are left within the soil,
Buried battle lines marred by war.
Secrets long-forgotten lay hidden
Within the skeletons of dead cities.
Gone are the coppices and fields of green...
Now she only dreams of the horizon,
Defiantly chasing It’s celestial glow.
Her elegant feathers ache silently,
Chinks in her armor that still bear
The wounds of a liar’s trust.
Promises neatly wrapped in briar thorns
Demanding blood for proxy.
She does not need them up here
She rejects them with a smile,
Pleased that her pain cannot fly.
R.Marrs 4/21
Scheme | ABCDEFGHAIJAKLMNOLPQRF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010 111100101 10101001 01001 0100101 10011001011 01011110101 10101111 101010110 0101001110 11010111 1110110010 01001010101 0100101100 10010111 0110101 1001010101 0101110 1111111 1011101 1101101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 734 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 579 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
About this poem
A short poem about how life can be a challenge, and the personal wars we wage mentality and physically. The risk we take to belong or escape,and the feeling of finding solace in facing our fears.
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Written on April 20, 2021
Submitted by Marrs on November 15, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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