Analysis of Whispers
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I often think the night
Is more alive than the day,
When shadows dance
In the embrace of moonlight,
Whispering secrets,
Enticing us to stray,
From the paths we follow
In the glaring sunlight.
In darkness,
We find freedom
To be ourselves,
To shed the masks
That bind us
Through daylight hours,
Like nocturnal creatures,
We wander and delve,
Into the depths of our souls,
Where courage matures.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1101101 111 000111 10010 010111 101110 00101 010 1110 11001 1101 111 1110 101010 11001 01011101 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 402 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 313 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 68 |
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