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
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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Joe Strickland

Writer from South Carolina. Recently signed first publishing contract and is waiting for release date of first collection of poetry. I've never written a poem while completely sober. You can follow me on Twitter/X @JoeStricklandAU more…

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