Analysis of Monster

Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)



Over hills growing like the dawn,
tones of my voice with the wind gone,
oft at night fetes despite the chase,
it is perched, jaws wide, stern face.
Spinning a wheel, flax, and a shear
grips his hands and glares like a spear.

Generous spring held not the rain,
young fields now grinded dust of grain,
farmers reap but shriveled stalk,
fearful maidens windows caulk,
one sound aught heard on a path,
eyes scarlet shone struck with deep wrath.

In the romp can we foresee
the far distance of the sea?
Amid the shore of our soul,
ere it little so as a knoll
stands, waves rising a dying roll

as values, each looks to guide,
a crisis stems, and we decide
to be a hero, brimmed the breast,
or thrust a sword in our chest;
spinning a wheel, flax, and a shear
grip the hands, glare like a spear.
 


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Poetic Form
Metre 10110101 11111011 11110101 1111111 10011001 11101101 10011101 1111111 1011101 1010101 1111101 11011111 0011101 0110101 01011101 11101101 11100101 1101111 0101011 11010101 11010101 10011001 1011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 792
Words 171
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 5, 6
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 152
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Written on February 14, 2022

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Modified by robertrad2021 on February 14, 2023

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