Analysis of Brother Sky



I saw Brother Sky
This morning, looking
Up at him from a courtyard
I felt his warm windy embrace

My feet, courageous boats
Swimming across moist
Rocks, ripe with moss,
With mist after
The rain

As I leave, I see
The white lines, creases
Of age and wisdom
Against his ancient blue
Hands

His hands that wrap
Around the earth, that
Shape reality like clay
Hewn from

Sighs in the rain
Eyes closed in the sun
Hands outstretched as
Dawn breaks over the horizon

Brother Sky knows
They question his clouds
They curse his rain
But his truth, his message

Lives in the lungs of
Time, an eternal breath
That amazes and awes
When it speaks in the weather

Whether sunshine
Whether windy seas
He promises nothing
But a canvas
For daybreak


Scheme XAXB XXXCD XXEXX XXXE DFXF XXDX XXBC XXAXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (26%)
Metre 11101 11010 111101 11111001 110101 10011 1111 1110 01 11111 01110 11010 011101 1 1111 01011 11011 11 1001 11001 1011 11100010 1011 11011 1111 111110 10011 110101 101001 1110010 101 10101 110010 1010 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 688
Words 132
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on November 04, 2013

Modified on May 01, 2023

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