Analysis of PINK SKY

Kenneth Bartlett 1934 (Leominsterr Mass)



From East to West,
and North to South,
it magically appeared.
Like a dragon yawning,
began today's dawning.
The sky in the East teased
with a hint of pink.
Quick as a wink, a belch
from heaven erupted.
The entire sky was writhing
in a glorious pastel color.  
Billows of candy cotton
floated over rooftops.
The South, a wide open mouth,
spewed a roiled effusion of
.                             wonder. The West was a
                                        powdery gray,  except for the
                                        start of a rare solid pink
                                        rainbow, arching. high into the
                                       sky, stopping before night's faint
                                       taunting stars could grasp it.  
A signal from an invisible
                                        conductor invoked a legato
                                        crescendo. As quick as it came it
                                        was gone,  The pink was taken
                                        away.  The morning sky was
                                        again pale gray.


Scheme ABCDDEFGHDIJKBLMMFMNOPQOJRS
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 0111 1100001 101010 010110 010011 10111 110101 11010 00101110 001000110 1011010 10101 0101101 10111 100110 10010110 1101101 1101010 1100111 101111 010110100 01001001 010111111 1101110 0101011 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,234
Words 151
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 27
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 549
Words per stanza (avg) 157

About this poem

This sunrise enhanced my morning in mid January.

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Written on January 17, 1923

Submitted by compostken on March 10, 2023

Modified on April 09, 2023

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Kenneth Bartlett

I am a retired forester living in a continuing care facility in Lancaster, PA with my spouse of 59 years. more…

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