Analysis of Echo in the hollow



Cypress haven
Echo in the hollow?
Creatures of the night?
Is it the hoot of the owl?
Shadowed chirps…
That follow?
Maybe, saw grass yips
Puppies on the prowl?
Half sunken boggy mass
Further echoes in the hollow?
Black furry cubs
Just learning a growl?
Or whiny songs
Escaping baby swallows?
Bullfrog warts
Balloon chin bellows?
Moonlights maestro
Conducting within the wallows
Wooded tenant choir
Mother Nature, She echoes through the hollow


Scheme ABCDEBEDFBGDHIJIBEKB
Poetic Form Etheree  (30%)
Tetractys  (25%)
Metre 1010 100010 10101 1101101 101 110 10111 10101 11011 10100010 1101 11001 1101 0101010 11 01110 110 0100101 101010 10101101010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 424
Words 72
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 358
Words per stanza (avg) 72
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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