Analysis of Where Have You Gone
Michael Ullom 2004 (Fayetteville)
Where have you gone?
I've lost you once again,
My soul has gone ahead,
I will that the current stop,
The forest tonight's calm and still,
Barely audible is the hum of the wind,
I wonder why I strayed from the path,
The lights they have distracted me,
The moon has accosted me,
As all do, he preys upon the weak,
The water trickles beneath my feet,
My skin is absent, the cold too,
The rocks are angled to harm,
Do they find meaning near the shore?
The world is blue and it is grey,
As are the bruises in my mind,
I walk on the ash of my memories,
Past the rocks that hide my lies,
Crossed the river that drowns my fear,
To the tree that calls me here,
Scheme | XXXX XAXB BXXX XXXA XXXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111 111101 111101 1110101 01001101 10100101101 110111101 01110101 0110101 111110101 010100111 11110011 0111011 11110101 01110111 11010011 1110111100 1011111 10101111 1011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
I was in a dark place then, but it's up for interpretation. It was inspired by some Russian poets as well.
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Written on 2021
Submitted by michaelu.47366 on February 23, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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