Analysis of The Weeping Symphony
Alone I listen quietly,
They whisper softly, bitterly,
Those fleeting drops slip hurriedly,
Through clouds of silver, weeping openly.
My heart tugs aching, knowingly,
The tears they cry speak truthfully,
Each one longing hopelessly,
Hug their moments here so tenderly,
Shivering, pleading quietly;
Please, please notice me.
The world gazes seemingly,
Without remorse, so unforgivingly,
Passing, slipping constantly,
Those tears they cry so dolefully,
Will stain this wretched humanity,
For now, and all eternity.
And still those drops continue falling quietly,
Imploring, please, please notice me.
Oh cruel world watching purblindly,
Why do they deserve this cruelty,
How is justice wrought in inequality,
Dear rain drops of this world, see.
This vision screeching restlessly,
Raining, slowly drowning me,
Remember earth your earned decree,
Your evil and brutality,
The face of meekness and impeccability,
For pay you will, eventually.
Hearken to this melancholy melody,
This sadness singing wistfully,
Remember that alone to be,
Is worse than life that isnt free,
Worse than death's uncertainty,
And worse than love's last dying plea.
Such is this life, so painfully,
Spent slipping in the vastness of this sinful sea.
And so, listening to this weeping symphony,
I pen this sad soliloquy,
To these remorseful rain drops dripping silently,
Alone I listen.. quietly.
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I am compelled to explain some things about his poem.
This poem was inspired my the theme song from Schindlers List. The song was written by William Thomas.
It is a very sad song with a dominating violin solo that draws out each long note, almost forcefuly. That is the reason for the constant use of the "ee" endings for each line. The reason for ending each line mostly with "how adverbs" is because this is a very emotional song and i really wanted to leave each drawn out violin note with the feelings expressed through the song. I agree its a bit of a weird poem because of that. I had to listen to the song the each time i worked on the poem.
Im sorry, i probably should have mentioned this earlier. This poem is about orphans as they are compared to rain.
Scheme | Aaaa aa aaaa aa aaaa aa aaaa aa aaxa aa aaaa aa aaaA b x b x |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01110100 11010100 11011100 1111010100 11110100 01111100 1110100 111011100 10010100 11101 0110100 010111 1010100 111111 111100100 11010100 011101010100 01011101 1101101 11101110 1110100100 1111111 11010100 1010101 01011101 11000100 011101 111101000 111100100 11010100 01010111 1111111 1110100 01111101 11111100 110001011101 011001110100 11110100 110101110100 01110100 1 11011011101110 110101010111110111011010 11010111010000111111111111010101011011011101011011101110101110100100101101011111001110100110110110110110011111110101011111010 110110011101100110101101110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 2,125 |
Words | 354 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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