Analysis of Soliloquy



The path was purpled with the petals from the Jacaranda trees
And I strolled along in shadows cast by interlocking leaves.
The breeze was lightly scented, softened by the sweetened airs;
Frangi-pani, Calla lilies, symbols of a heart's despairs,
Intermingling scents and colors, stirring senses long asleep
And memories of an Eden, memories that I ought to keep.
Sad and joyful recollections, by this beauty brought to mind,
Reawakened, reassuring, that the heavens are not blind.
Helping me in understanding birth, and childhood, marriage, death.
Filling me with love and longing, glad of life and thought and breath.
Thus on a pathway flecked with glory and with fragrant scent imbued,
I bowed my head but raised my heart in pleasant solitude.


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Poetic Form
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Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 733
Words 121
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 50
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 600
Words per stanza (avg) 121
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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