Analysis of Music for a Moment
Suddenly
Silence is
Swallowed
By sounds of senility
She is gone in the natural
A birth is recorded and filed with an expectation of optimism
Now we record- unnaturally
File and accept the alarming birth
Of Alzheimer’s
Then
There is her singing voice
Soothing melody that sits softly on the sounds from her throat
Paint colored pictures in the air that surrounds all who hear
Familiarity in them allows optimism to remain
She is back
| Scheme | ABXA X X AXB XXXX X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 100 101 10 1110100 11100100 01101001110101100 110101000 100100101 11 1 110101 101001110101101 11010001101111 01000101100101 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 446 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 1, 1, 3, 4, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
This is written initially for a male singer, but the decision to soften its power is a better read .
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