Analysis of Blackness Is a Paradox, a Mystery
Oscar Auliq-Ice 1994 (Port Elizabeth)
In the depths of night, when all is still,
The world is draped in a cloak of blackness.
No light pierces through the darkness,
No sound disturbs the peace.
Blackness is the canvas on which
The stars paint their glittering masterpiece,
A vast expanse of twinkling light
Against the endless void.
Blackness is the silence that descends
When day gives way to night,
The stillness that envelops us
As we rest and dream and find respite.
But blackness is also the shadow
That looms over us in fear,
The darkness that hides the unknown
And fills our hearts with dread.
Blackness is a paradox, a mystery,
A force both beautiful and terrifying,
And yet it is an essential part of life,
The yin to light's yang, the balance that sustains us.
So let us embrace the blackness,
For in it lies both beauty and truth,
And let us find comfort in the darkness,
For it is the canvas on which our dreams are painted.
Scheme | XAAB XBCX XCAX XXXX XXXA AXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001111111 0111001110 1111010 110101 10101011 011110010 010111001 010101 101010101 111111 01010101 111010110 11011001 1110101 01011001 0110111 1010100100 0111000100 01111010111 011110101011 11101010 101111001 0111100010 11101011101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 903 |
Words | 186 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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