Analysis of Winter Dark
Staring at the winter
Dark descending
I remember thinking
The whole world
Wouldn’t be enough
I close my eyes savoring
This fugitive moment
Imploring you
With an open mouth kiss
I whisper, “I love you”
Our eyes meet
In a nervous glance
The melancholy is music
It is a slow waltz
A desperate dance
Your smile warmly recalling
An amused wistfulness
Maybe a reminiscence
This renders me
Hopeful and breathless
| Scheme | XAAXX AXBXB XCXXC ADXXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 101010 1010 101010 011 1101 1111100 110010 0101 111011 110111 1011 00101 0100110 11011 0101 1110010 101100 100010 1101 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 431 |
| Words | 80 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
This poem is about being caught up in a "desperate dance" having what seems like insurmountable difficulties, but hoping for renewed love.
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Written on February 14, 2021
Submitted by drb on June 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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