Analysis of Reclaim the light



Reclaim the light

Fear not my hand upon your shoulder
 for I wish no frown upon your brow
 to take away the wondrous feelings
 that we both shared before the grey

Rejoice in fields of clover yonder
 where we once walked when life seemed dull
 and prize away the stubborn boulder
 the one that holds you back from me

Chase away the beast inside you
 run through meadows and reclaim
 what you deserve and crave so badly
 and give yourself a break today


Scheme X AXXB AXAC XXCB
Poetic Form
Metre 0101 111101110 111110111 110101010 11110101 010111010 11111111 010101010 01111111 10101011 111001 110101110 01010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 441
Words 83
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Dave Ratcliffe

Some of my imagery may seem a little on the dark side at times but I feel the pain of the chastened and broken among my close family and friends. I write from the heart to express my innermost thoughts through song lyrics and poetry. I try always, ‘to be true to my philosophy of understanding tolerance, to share my perceptions and desires with integrity’. I have just finished my first play which was both a challenging and rewarding experience, which I intend to follow up on. I enjoy reading poetry from all over the world. Poetry.com is a great platform for me to network with other like-minded people and showcase my own work for others to be moved and inspired. After all this is the duty of a poet…I have just had my first poetry book published with the Title Scratching the Page and my thanks go to Michael Dobson for producing it and to all those who read it more…

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