Analysis of "A Tunble Weed Man"
Eric Selorio 1948 (Zamboanga)
"A Tumble Weed Man"
Friday, April 27, 2018
6:13 PM
Living a life like a desert that's burning
With scorching heat blocking all yearnings
Like a tumble weed that is going nowhere
A soul with a curse with nothing to share
Blistering heat of the desert hell
Where lonely souls can leave no tale
Fighting for his life is the only way
Rolling with the dust from day to day
A tumble weed that is known by none
Wanders around beneath a burning sun
Tumble weed life of darkness and sorrow
With no place to be and nowhere to go
Hopes and wishes but all are gone
Blown by the wind and rolled into one
The future ahead there is none to see
A tumble weed drifting as far as it can be
| Scheme | XXX XXAA XXBB CCDD XCEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011 1010 11 10011010110 110110110 1010111101 0110111011 100110101 11011111 1011110101 101011111 010111111 1001010101 1011110010 111110111 10101111 110101011 0100111111 010110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 675 |
| Words | 137 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on January 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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