Analysis of The Whispers Of The Pines
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
As the cool breeze
Rustles through the branches
Of the towering pines,
Their foliage waves
Like a gentle hand
Waving at the passing winds.
But it's not only
The rustling of leaves
That can be heard in the forest.
The pines whisper
Something,
Something that no voice can regale,
Something that only those
Who listen
With a patient ear may understand.
The murmur of the pines is not only a sound,
It's a language of the forest.
They whisper tales
Of the creatures
That pass by,
The secrets hidden in the ground,
And the wisdom of the woodland.
This ancient tongue
Speaks of a time
When the forest was young,
A time when the world was untamed,
And the spirits roamed freely.
But the whispers of the pines
Do not only carry tales of the past.
They also hold insight
Into the present and future.
The piney murmurs
Tell of the vines
That will grow up
To cover the trees in the years to come,
The storms that will rage,
And the creatures that will seek refuge
In their branches.
He who is patient enough
To listen to these whispers
Will know the ways of the forest,
The movement of the seasons,
And the cycles of life itself.
The pines are like a deep well,
A source of knowledge
For those who dare to drink
From its waters.
And the one who drinks from the deep well
Will know the secrets
That lie within its depths.
They will understand
The ways of nature
And the universal language
Of the earth.
Listen closely
To the whispers of the pines,
And you will hear
The language of the forest,
The ancient tongue of mother nature.
The sound of the pines
Holds a wealth of wisdom,
Waiting to be discovered
By those
Who are willing
To take the time to listen.
Scheme | XABXCXDXEFGDHIC JEXKXJCLXLCD BXXFKBXMXXAXKEXX NOXKNXXCFOX DBXEFBMXHGI |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (34%) |
Metre | 1011 11010 101001 1101 10101 1010101 11110 01011 11110010 0110 10 1011111 101101 110 10101101 010101111001 10101010 1101 1010 111 01010001 0010101 1101 1101 101011 0110111 0010110 1010101 1110101101 11011 01010010 0110 1101 1111 1100100111 01111 001011110 0110 1111001 1101110 11011010 0101010 00101101 0111011 01110 111111 1110 001111011 11010 110111 1101 01110 0001010 101 1010 1010101 0111 0101010 010111010 01101 101110 1011010 11 1110 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,710 |
Words | 376 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 12, 16, 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 65 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 261 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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Written on June 05, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 05, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on June 05, 2023
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