Analysis of Life's lost shadows
Life has lost its shadows
A value which was great within
Was shed with radiance on a world of sin
Through a vista of years
The book of laws was taught
Throughout the world as a guide
But heathendom continued
Being observed
Being measured
And being compared
Turpitude and trepidation
Filled the hearts of many
Sacred lives penetrated
From the upper classes to peasantry
Deceitfulness was at every threshold
When darkness closes in
The shriek of gulls filled the air
As if torment prevailed
In the land of the unknown
When will the light return
So that the shadows can be cast
How long should we wait
We thirst for peace and love
For our throats are filled with coal.
| Scheme | ABBCDEFGHIJKLKMBNOPQRSTU |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 01011101 11110010111 101011 011111 0101101 11010 1001 1010 01001 100010 101110 101100 1010101100 1111001 110100 0111101 11101 0011001 110101 1101111 11111 111101 11011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 122 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 24 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 545 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 120 |
About this poem
About the change in the ways of life which isfrom good to evil. Thus tarnishing the image of light in the world.
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Written on December 28, 2022
Submitted by josephine.arthurf2 on December 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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