Analysis of Black Spring
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Black spring,
Unseen, unheard.
The world still turns,
The birds still sing.
But within,
The heart is cold,
The mind is numb,
The soul grows old.
Days pass,
Nights fade,
But the darkness lingers,
And the light has strayed.
A season of sorrow,
A time of loss,
A mournful tune,
A bitter cost.
Yet hope remains,
In every breath,
In each new day,
In the face of death.
In the black spring,
In the depths of pain,
We find the strength
To rise again.
Scheme | AXXA XBXB XCXC XXXX XDXD AXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11 0101 0111 0111 101 0111 0111 0111 11 11 101010 00111 010110 0111 0101 0101 1101 01001 0111 00111 0011 00111 1101 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 448 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 15, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on July 15, 2023
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