Analysis of Cunning As My Thoughts Can Be
Cunning as my thoughts can be
I have come to honour thee
Sombre morn and thou have to listen
To urban hymn as the mornings glisten
Reflect thy haven, sound in song
Quest I’ll be the vagrant all day long
Maybe there is malice in my words
Seldom spoken, but always heard
Notably! I could understand
Vestige be thy open hand
Sombre sun in daylight hue
Beneath the seem of endless blue
Glimmer of light, therein the opening
There is faith, beneath my skin
Shall I play the part of fool?
Never shall I be as cruel
Creed of man I understand!
Passage scribed upon my hands
Thou hath, known me
As thou hath, seen thee
Noble deeds I understand
Thou hath, known my outstretched hands
| Scheme | AABB CCXX DD EEXX XXDF AADF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111 111111 11011110 1101101010 01110101 111010111 101110011 1010111 1001101 1011101 11011 01011101 1011010100 1110111 1110111 10111110 111101 1010111 1111 11111 101101 1111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 654 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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