Analysis of How Is It?
How is it that a day
filled with brightness and light
Is followed by a night
mired in lonely chilly darkness
How is it that a soul
soaring high above the clouds
Falls tumbling back down to Earth
wrapped in barbed coils of despair
How is it that a smile
well practiced and performed
So easily turns when all alone
into a longing sorrowful frown
How is it that couples
find everlasting enduring love
While others flail along the way
searching, waiting, hoping every day
How is it that the north wind blows
a storm laced with bitter cold
And those south of the hemisphere
enjoy heat on the longest wintery day
How is it that life goes on
regardless of humanity’s plight
I suppose it’s with goodwill and faith
I wish you all a goodnight
Scheme | ABBX XXXX XXXX XXAA XXXA XBXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 111001 110101 10101010 111101 1010101 11001111 1011101 111101 110001 110011101 010101001 111110 10100101 11010101 1010101001 11110111 0111101 0111010 011101011 1111111 010111 101111101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 749 |
Words | 148 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
A reflection on life’s dichotomies.
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Written on February 04, 2022
Submitted by ami.oferris on February 05, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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