Analysis of The Promise
Your gallant gallop framed with silent stars.
Back and forth you shape your graceful dance.
It's like the lion's stroll,
Amid the screeching primates.
The moon casts a spotlight,
Prancing, gently trotting,
To the cricket's serenade.
Applauding.
Your tresses twirl in the wind,
Slapping against your long, luring neck.
Reminds me of a special time.
My youthful hands clasped to your mane.
Chills ran through me,
As we scampered off to the rolling creek.
Racing over rigid rocks.
Like the arrow bouncing from the bow.
Remember that night?
Lavender bushes pleased us so.
I whispered sweet sounds,
Only for you to hear.
Peering into your stoic stare,
You whinnied back to me,
As I stroked your silky strands.
You promised never to tell!
Scheme | XXXX ABXB XXXX CXXX AXXX XCXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101011101 101111101 110101 010101 01101 101010 101001 010 1101001 100111101 01110101 11011111 1111 1110110101 1010101 101010101 01011 10010111 11011 101111 10011101 11111 1111101 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 738 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
I see majesty in horses and so I decided to try to capture that in a poem.
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Written on April 16, 2022
Submitted by mslimmer on May 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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