Analysis of Life's Softer Side



Desperation's heavy chains
weigh down many hearts
Dreams die in vain
Hope is torn apart

Life shows its other face
The dark one...the impure
to the less fortunate race
who toils and endures

but her heart's still
unfamiliar with guile
Love and innocence fill
her sweet tiny smile

She's just about to bloom
A flower like no other
Tenderer than the moon
Clutching her dear mother

Her little fingers wrap
around her mom's palm
as she sleeps in her lap
protected from all harm

Once you look at her
You'll forget all your pain
She can utter no words
but smiles she can paint

Sleep my angel sleep
for you're the living evidence
of life's softer side
and the existence of happiness


Scheme XXAX BXBX CDCD XEXE FXFX EAXX XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (29%)
Metre 1101 11101 1101 11101 111101 01101 1011001 11001 1011 01011 101001 01101 110111 0101110 1101 100110 010101 01011 111001 010111 11110 101111 111011 11111 11101 11010100 11101 000101100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 645
Words 123
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on January 20, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dema Al-Obaidy

لم يعرفوني في الظلال التي تمتص لوني في جواز السفر.......وكان جرحي عندهم معرضا لسائح يعشق جمع الصور......لم يعرفوني..آه لا تتركي كفي بلا شمس.......لأن الشجر يعرفني؛ تعرفني كل اغاني المطر.......لا تتركيني شاحبا كالقمر! ......عار من الاسم من الانتماء في تربة ربيتها باليدين......ايوب صاح اليوم ملء السماء لا تجعلوني عبرة مرتين!........يا سادتي يا سادتي الانبياء لا تسألوا الاشجار عن اسمها لا تسألوا الوديان عن امها......من جبهتي ينشق سيف الضياء ومن يدي ينبع ماء النهر.........كل قلوب الناس جنسيتي.......فلتسقطوا عني جواز السفر. more…

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