Analysis of Speck

Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)



I walk through the city streets,
slick with rain and neon lights.
The crowds move like living waves,
each person a story untold.

A man playing guitar on the corner
fills the air with sweet melodies,
while a couple argues intensely
in a language I don't understand.

The scent of grilled meat and spices
mingles with the exhaust fumes,
and I inhale deeply, feeling alive
in this chaotic, vibrant world.

I see a homeless woman huddled
beneath a shelter, her eyes dull
with exhaustion and despair,
and my heart breaks for her loneliness.

Yet despite the chaos and diversity,
there is a unity in the thrumming
rhythm of this city, a shared beat
that connects us in our humanness.

I am just one person in this mass,
a speck in the grand scheme of things,
but for this moment, I feel infinite,
part of something greater than myself.


Scheme XXXX XXAX XXXX XXXB AXXB XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101 1110101 0111101 11001001 0110011010 10111100 101010010 00101101 01111010 1010011 0101101001 01010101 110101010 01010011 1010001 011110100 10101000100 110100001 101110011 1011010100 111110011 01001111 1111011100 11101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 830
Words 168
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on May 16, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 16, 2023

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Joe Strickland

I'm just a regular, blue collar, working stiff who took an interest in writing poetry many years ago but until recently I haven't had a desire to share any with anyone or pursue publication. I'm an unpublished fork lift operator by night, and a day drinker by choice. I can be followed on Twitter @JoeStricklandSC more…

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