Analysis of Recreate

Recreate 1961 (cape town)



Recreate
I am a stone solid and hard
The wind
The rain
The sun
Turns me to soil and sand
I try hard to resist as rocks against me grind

I am a tree tall and proud
The wind
The rain
The sun
Turns me to rot and fall
My branches in hope limply embrace me

I am a plant beautiful in bloom
The wind
The rain
The sun
It turns me to decay and dust
My blooms and leaves are not saved

I am a brook that sparkles
The wind
The rain
The sun
It absorbs me to the heavens
And leaves my droplets dry

Finger of God come stir in the mixing bowl of life

The sand of the rock
The rot of the tree
The decay of the plant
The water of the brook
New life in me create


Scheme axBCDxb xBCDxe xBCDxx xBCDxx x xexxa
Poetic Form
Metre 10 11011001 01 01 01 111101 111101110111 1101101 01 01 01 111101 110011011 110110001 01 01 01 11110101 1101111 1101110 01 01 01 10111010 011101 1011110010111 01101 01101 001101 010101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 675
Words 174
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 6, 6, 1, 5
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

This poem was inspired when i was walking on the mountain and I realized how each aspect of the creation is linked

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Submitted by denverbeech on August 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Recreate

i grew up on the Cape Flats in a township called Bonteheuwel in the shadow of Table Mountain in Town. I an a artist and are very interested in poetry and creative writing. more…

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