Analysis of Dragonfly
Kriss Luckett 1970 (Indiana)
When I claimed myself as a lotus,
I married myself to the mud.
Tied to the ground, darkness all around,
The only light peeking down from above.
Now, I think I shall be a dragonfly
One who can land where she may
Skimming the river on gossamer wings,
What will the lotuses say?
Oh, what will those lotuses say?
Scheme | XXXX XAXAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111010 1101101 110110101 0101101101 11111101 1111111 1001011001 11011 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 300 |
Words | 59 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
A poem about setting oneself free from social constraints.
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Written on January 01, 2019
Submitted by KrissLuckett on September 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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