Analysis of the birds could not sing



V.
time became irrelevant
night and day were shrouded
in its monochromia
so the birds could not sing

IV.
the scythe of Death was
neither long nor
sharp enough
so the birds could not sing

III.
air choked on
its own heavy heart
let it cry out
so the birds could not sing

II.
the last one to move
was the last leaf to fall
from the last barren “tree”
so the birds could not sing

I.
silence echoed
hope became desperate
losing its own touch
so the birds could not sing


Scheme axxxB axxxB cxxxB cxxaB cxxxB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (52%)
Metre 1 1010100 101010 011 101111 1 01111 1011 101 101111 1 111 11101 1111 101111 1 01111 101111 101101 101111 1 1010 10110 10111 101111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 476
Words 105
Sentences 6
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

I wrote this poem to comment on the development of climate change, and the insufficient recognition it has gained in recent years.

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Written on May 15, 2022

Submitted by hannahc2024 on May 15, 2022

Modified on April 27, 2023

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