Analysis of Bright Corner
Polate Hlatshwayo 2001 (Manzini)
Bright in the corner where you are
The pen is heavy, no scale can read
Ink so thick to leave the pages wet
Just before you read, let it bleed
With this light I still seek inspiration
OOh these angels above my head
Out of my head I give the Lord praise
Temple time shining in disguise
As this vowels feel the lines
Excited to repeat this from time to time
With these hands my fingers count
One to five out of ten I barely touch
I close my eyes when I've seen enough
It only gets dark to get bright again
Bright in the corner where you are
They will find this hard to believe
Not knowing that faith objects
Within the temple and it is fortune
In mind that deceives the heart
The light is so bright and this time
Around my eyes are closed
The light shines so bright I feel
The heaven hosts, the temple inside
Is filled with Joy, Light inside
To shine the walls too high
Temple time likes to say good bright
Scheme | Abxxc bxxxd xxxxA xxcxdx xeexx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10010111 011101111 111110101 10111111 111111010 11100111 111111011 10110001 1110101 01010111111 1111101 1111111101 111111101 1101111101 10010111 11111101 1101110 0101001110 011101 01111011 011111 0111111 010101001 1111101 110111 10111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 911 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
About this poem
Basically about being dumbfounded, realizing what life is...
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