Analysis of The Day After It Rained



The Day After It Rained

The day after it rained
On this gilded morning
Wrapped in wind and sun
Constant sorrow creates
Its own weather
Imitating something real

Behind the sky
My wounded heart beating
As fragile as it is resilient
A thousand wings flutter
Undertones beneath the chords
The resonance of existence

Bring these bones to life
With every evaporating instant
Blurring the lines
Dividing past and present
These landscapes grow emptier
And quieter each passing year

Afraid of a holy fear
Searching for fullness
My sense of things may shift
With the telling of the story
The connection I felt standing
Underneath the trees

Wanting to communicate
With delicious accuracy
And a purposeful perspective
Time bends and doubles back
It may exist elsewhere
I have mourned and mused

And all this distillation of loveliness
Conceals something of little worth
The golden sun has a fading patina
As I wait for the rebirth of wonder
Understanding that even
The dust is sacred


Scheme A Abxcdx xbedxx xexedf fxxgbx xgxxxx cxxdxx
Poetic Form
Metre 011011 011011 111010 10101 101001 1110 100101 0101 110110 110111010 010110 100101 01001010 11111 1100010010 1001 0101010 111100 01001101 0110101 10110 111111 10101010 00101110 0101 101010 10101000 00100010 110101 11011 11101 01101011 01101101 01011010010 1111001110 010110 01110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 985
Words 178
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

This poem was written on New Year’s Eve. It is a reflection on life, love, loss and the sorrow that I experienced during the first year of the pandemic. The phrase “rebirth of wonder” was a nod to Lawrence Ferlinghetti’s poem, I Am Waiting.

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Written on December 31, 2020

Submitted by drb on June 26, 2022

Modified by drb on July 08, 2022

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Darren R Briggs

Darren R Briggs (he/him) is an emerging writer from Sebastopol, California. He is a poet and essayist. Darren has a Bachelor of Science degree in Theology. He has worked in the graphics industry for over 40 years. He was a founding partner of a successful graphics/design company in Silicon Valley. He is also considered a color management expert. Currently, as sole proprietor of a printing company, Darren combines his technical expertise with his love for art and photography in the fine art printing industry. more…

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