Analysis of Shadows
Sitting in a soft honored shop
sharing words with those around
thinking of us all
Whispers could be heard between coffee
sips & the tapping of each spoon
The day kept up its pace as history took its place, as the seconds of our lives passed before our eyes
As I wandered all about each passing day, Yet, I never gave a thought to the sun as it press upon my seat & comfort
In between each window pane, it burned upon the bookshelves making shadows of us all
Waiting my days for conversation
or an evening dazzle to entertain
Between each thought I scribbled out the day with bitter tea and Half & half to soothe my gathered craves
Walking between the rows of books, looking for a place to settle
to browse through other creative minds
Holding on to my subtleties
thinking over days of ranting raves
within and around huddled groups looking
for a distant lost pleasure
Finding myself alone again
as you all had come and gone
leaving dirty cups & stained spoons
All the while the sun never stopped to take a look, yet made shadows of us all
Climbing back into my mind to walk along Cloverbrook to Dublin Ln stopping to look across my years, as I made my way to Gobblerford
Looking in my brothers room with his scattered thoughts lingered collecting dust
While he stood tall & broad waiting for his solemn bride to make up his mind of what to do
Season changed its tune
the leaves rustled at my feet
Whistled up the tree where the birds
no longer sang of autumns gloom and
all our roots are no longer here
Counting up the days that added up my life
with scattered empty pens
beside the burnt matches and smoky buts
Never did the sun bother
to stop and take a look
yet made shadows of us all
Making my way to my sisters side with
the boys at her feet & grandma in the other
room humming out the day
in the distant years now behind
I never knew the reason of us all
as we stood along side each other
upon Mothers wall
Nor the reason for each decision for
the distance we put between us
Yet I still stood beside you all
stepping over each reason
Where the sun never stopped to take a look
yet made the shadows we left behind.
Scheme | XAB XC X X B DX E XX XEXF XXX B A X X CX XXX XXX FGB XFXH BFB XX BD GH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10001101 1011101 10111 101110110 1010111 011111110011110101101101101 111010111011110101101111011110 0011101110101101111 10111010 111010101 01111101011101011111101 1001011110101110 111100101 10111100 101011101 0100110110 1010110 1010101 1111101 1010111 101011011101111111 1010111110111101101101111111111 100110111101100101 111111011101111111111 10111 011111 10101101 11011110 110111101 10101110111 110101 0101100101 1010110 110101 111111 1011111011 01101100010 110101 00101101 1101010111 111011110 01101 1010110101 01011011 11110111 1010110 1011011101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 2,146 |
Words | 432 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 23 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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