Analysis of Light upon water
Mark cloutier 1972 (Kaneohe)
Light upon water
Forms a spectrum of color
While light upon matter
Casts a void of darkness
That forms out of a void
Creatures and a kingdom
Of many themes
That gives voice to a man
That is formed by the hand
Of a being that is without name
Only known as father
His children create a scheme
Of colors upon light
As the many waters
Sink deep into the sun
And are bathed by the moon
As they sleep from midnight
Til noon and awake
To satiate their tongues
Upon a feast
That satisfies the light
As they drank and ate
Both matter and light
As the waters subside
Scheme | AAABCDEFGHAIJKLMJNOPJQJR |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110 1010110 110110 101110 111101 100010 1101 111101 111101 101011011 101110 1100101 110011 101010 110101 011101 11111 11001 1111 0101 11001 11101 11001 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 533 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 447 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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