Analysis of Suddenly
Sitting looking to the distance
a dragonfly skips on still water
My weary back resting
against a sycamore tree...
I think of days long gone.
I longingly look at this mark
one that says you love me
Not feeling content so now
watching that dragonfly play
a new sorrow passes over me
If you my love were here today.
Suddenly a cloud weeps It's rain
every drop a brand new thought
never enough for words ... I'm sorry
why we fought is beyond me
suddenly a trout leaps...
dragonfly is gone ...my heart stops.
Twas dusk ...now It's dawn
I sleep in a bed of memories
Still I feel sad ...I think of your smile
now your beauty sleeps within me
those were merely days I once had.
Bobby Ferguson 2012.
| Scheme | XXXAB XAXCAC XXAAXX BXXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 0111110 110110 010101 111111 11001111 111111 1101011 10111 011010101 11110101 10001111 10010111 100111110 1111011 100011 111111 11111 110011100 111111111 11101011 10101111 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 668 |
| Words | 130 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 6, 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on December 02, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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