Analysis of Rudy Mancke
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
death is a part of life,
as we all know,
a fact ingrained
within our mortal bones.
no labels
of good,
or bad,
or right,
or wrong.
such judgments fall beyond
our feeble and naive
understanding.
this world we occupy,
third rock from the sun,
exists within a system,
vast and complex,
and we, mere marks
on this cosmic plane,
are obligated by its laws,
by its eternal game.
death is an integral thread,
laced into the web
of continuation.
without its being,
the cycle would halt,
stagnant waters,
devoid of change or growth.
in this splendid
recycling mechanism,
where energy converts,
renews,
evolves,
passing becomes the hinge
on the door
which it all turns,
the catalyst for rebirth,
for life's return.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVNLWXYZO1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 1111 0101 0110101 110 11 11 11 11 110101 101001 010 11110 11101 0101010 1010 0111 11101 1100111 110101 1111001 10101 10010 01110 01011 1010 011111 0110 0100100 110010 01 01 100101 101 1111 0100101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 156 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 37 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 551 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 122 |
About this poem
Thoughts on hearing about the death of South Carolina naturalist, Rudy Mancke
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Written on December 07, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on December 07, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on December 07, 2023
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