Analysis of Loneliness of One…poem from our Son Jordan Blair
Doug Blair 1951 (London)
(A contribution from Jordan Blair)
One tender leaf upon a branch
One perfect flake of snow
One grain of sand upon the tide
Wherever it may go
One bird who sings atop the pines
One lonely wolf who calls
One drop of rain aloft in clouds
And downward gently falls
One flower grows between the rocks
One word that's left unspoken
One heart alone in silence sits
And there is slowly broken.
| Scheme | X XAXAXBXBXCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00101101 11010101 101111 11110101 010111 11110101 110111 11110101 010101 11010101 1111010 11010101 0111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 12 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
About this poem
There were times when training to become an airline jet pilot, that our son Jordan would wax poetic. And very well indeed.
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Written on February 19, 2023
Submitted by dougb.21370 on February 19, 2023
Modified by dougb.21370 on February 19, 2023
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