Analysis of Why Does He Sing Farewell To The Sun?



Why Does He Sing Farewell To The Sun?

Why does he sing farewell to the sun
Jumping at shadows that settle
Around every once bright agile eye
Who's day has gone and come?

When she worships in silence and stars
Under cool shadows overlooked
Out of windows by dreamers undreaming
 Slow to fall off on sleep's watchful arms.

Where I am taken by risings and settings
Of twilight's changing dusks to dawns
Walking on cracks between, hearing, and seeing,
Tasting two worlds which touch only one.

Some beginnings feel like others ending
This last day came too close to that first
How time idles off fast and forever
Before knowing what we had was worth.

*  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

What were we, a family of strangers
Afraid of the sting of good bye?
Glad to be a part of what was provided
Ashamed of the ease of not having to try?
Loving and fighting, fire and freeze both skin deep,
Angry at our easy uncaring.
Enjoying the won and lost struggle toward teamwork,
Laughing because we're so human
it hurts.


Scheme A Axbx xxcx xxca cxxx xbxbxccax
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 11111101 1011110 0110011101 111101 111001001 101110 11101101 111111101 1111011010 1110111 10110110010 101111101 1010111010 111111111 1110110010 011011111 1 1010100110 01101111 11101111010 01101111011 100101001111 1011010010 010010110011 10011110 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 993
Words 187
Sentences 10
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 9
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 111
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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