Analysis of The Climb
Milton Tejada 1967 (Moca)
What are you hiding on the other side?
Why tacitly persist in battering my forehead
When you can only reach my hips?
I stare at you and you overwhelm me
I am frightened by the calluses and the ancient scars on your back
A deep sigh and a drop of cold sweat
Reminds me of my athletic littleness
One more time I look at you
And I see you beyond you
You are a breath of life
Molded and eternalized
That mother earth exhales
From her mysterious womb
I already know you and I don't fear you
You consume me in every stride
And the climbing silences my soul
And I wound you and kiss you in every step I take
And I climb and I climb and you take me and you leave me
I turned my eyes back at you and smile
| Scheme | AXB CX XBDD XABX DAXXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010101 1100010100110 11110111 111101011 111010100101111 011001111 011110101 1111111 0111011 110111 1001 11011 1001001 10101101111 101101001 001010011 01110110100111 01101101110111 111111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 693 |
| Words | 147 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 4, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
Inspired by El Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. A pilgrimage pregnant of wonderful nature, introspection, and challenges, such as hill climbing after miles of walk
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