Analysis of The Grass Dancers
The Grass Dancer
As moonlight shimmered upon the grass
And stars glistened the dark
The drums and the singers began
I watched him walk into the arena
His feet moving to the beat of the drum
The fringe on his regalia
Flowed outward in the breeze
His face raised to the moon
A hint of a smile upon his lips
Eyes shining like fire light
He danced dipping high and low
Twirling and whirling round and round
One leg in the air the other stepping down
Does his feet not feel the wet grassy earth?
He dances unaware others are watching
I take a drink of water to wet my parched dry lips
As I sit and watch with awe and wonder
Soon what was one in the circle grew
As other men silently joined in
They danced in a circle
Lifting themselves high
Letting no dust gather under their feet
I watch as my heart pounded in my chest
My breath came faster with each of their steps
My mind began spinning around with them
Then the drums and the singing came to an end
Their feet now stood firm on the land.
Scheme | A X X X B X B X X C X X X X X X C A X X X X X X X X X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0110 11100101 011001 01001001 1111010010 1110101101 0111010 110001 111101 011010111 1101101 1110101 10010101 11001010101 1111101101 1100110110 1101110111111 1110111010 111100101 110110010 110010 10011 1011101011 1111110011 1111011111 1101100111 10100101111 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,017 |
Words | 224 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 28 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Written on September 28, 2005
Submitted by Georgia51 on May 20, 2022
Modified on March 14, 2023
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