Analysis of Nubian
Traill 1998 (Sussex)
A house with the lights on and no one inside
Numbed thoughts succumb pig pasty eyes
Dreams aren’t friends
Love invested fleshy horrors
Play in the minds stage
Translucent whispers
Feelings marshal enclosed thoughts
Soul floats outside body - out there and not planning on coming back
Roaming the wild rover
Forever and more
Head is broken
Must chisel open
Release in-caved man’s thoughts
“I’m trying to escape”
Words patter on break-broken bones
Actions intended consequence-less consequences
Sit in the eye’s mind.
| Scheme | ABCDEDFGHIJJFKLMN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101101101 1101111 1101 10101010 10011 01010 1010011 1111101101101101 100110 01001 1110 11010 010111 110101 11011101 100101001100 10011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 517 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 423 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Font size:
0 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Nubian" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/98494/nubian>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Traill poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In