Analysis of The Canyon Wren
I stand alone in silence
Lost in years again
and dwell upon the Canyon
with my lonely desert friend.
He sings to me through seasons,
and drifting summer winds
in notes that skip like pebbles
sprinkled from the rim.
His solo praises majesty
accenting the divine
in a warbled pitch that resonates
spiraling through time.
Music fills the canyon with everlasting love,
like a timeless sanctuary
filled with blessings from above.
Solitude surrounds his sound
as the river starts to sing
and walls bow down and worship
the creator of all things.
Uniting us forever, his spirit is the wren
a doxology of praises
in a world without end.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMIMNOPQBRD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 10101 0101010 1110101 1111110 010101 0111110 10101 1110100 100001 00101110 10011 10101010101 1010100 1110101 100111 1010111 0111010 0010111 0101010110101 00100110 001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 22 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 511 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
About this poem
The Canyon Wren's song is a beautiful haunting melody transporting me through a moment of experiences hiking Grand Canyon.
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Written on September 27, 1990
Submitted by Supaisue on October 29, 2022
Modified on March 18, 2023
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