Analysis of THIRST
It would be his last day,
and talking
had yielded already
to nods and gestures.
Simple requests
confused him,
even single words
were opaque.
The failure
of understanding
was dissolving
the room where he lay.
As dusk softened its edges,
whispered kindness
gave comfort,
revealed thirst to be
his ruling condition.
He drank deep
from the cup held for him,
felt brief and intense zest
return. The wave ebbed
and with it the thanks
that gave meaning beyond
his own body.
Scheme | ABCX XDXX XBBA XXXC XXDX XXXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 010 110010 11010 1001 011 10101 001 010 1010 1010 01111 1110110 1010 110 01111 110010 111 101111 110011 010110 01101 111001 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 486 |
Words | 103 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
I have been deeply affected by the deaths of dear friends during the years of the pandemic.
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Written on April 11, 2022
Submitted by david.cook34 on November 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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