Raven
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
In the darkest night,
When all else is still,
The raven takes flight,
With secrets to fulfill.
Black as coal,
Its feathers gleam,
A creature of the soul,
With secrets unseen.
In the folklore of old,
The raven was a sign,
Of fortune or misfortune unfold,
A bird of both light and dark to bind.
For like a man,
The raven is both good and bad,
A balance of yin and yang,
Its secrets all too sad.
The raven understands,
The value of secrecy,
For in a world of shifting sands,
Retaining balance is key.
A man too is like the raven,
A creature of darkness and light,
His secrets hidden in a haven,
Balanced in his might.
To retain one's secrets,
Is to hold power within,
For only the raven knows the depths.
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Written on May 16, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 16, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DXDX XEXE FGFG HAHA XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 707 |
Words | 166 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
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