Analysis of Self examination




Taken too much pain
Swear allegiance to myself
Looking inwardly


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 10111 101011 10100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 61
Words 10
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on February 12, 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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