Analysis of The mountain doesn't fear the storm
The mountain has no words,
the soul has no mirror,
butterflies don’t live in cocoons,
but they know there’s no place dearer.
The mountain doesn’t fear the storm,
the shadows, lightning, thunder;
and you’ll see no more from the top,
than by tearing the whole thing asunder.
The mountain wants to tell it all,
all that’s ever been, all it’s ever seen;
I just was, was afar, and I saw it spoke to me clear;
just as I listen to your eyes reflect my soul,
and in turn I know there’s something with no fear.
That is as I see you, as you are, never afraid.
Somewhat like the mountain;
there are no words but everything's said.
There's no care for the shadows of the world, nor for the thunder and lightning of the skies;
you are a thing of beauty, like a butterfly at large, an expression that never dies.
You must be what you are. And you know there’s no understanding in conquering the form.
It’s perhaps just as well the cocoon’s not for you anymore, and that the mountain doesn’t fear the storm.
Scheme | XAXA BAXA XXCXC XXXDDBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111 011110 1011001 11111110 0101101 011010 01111101 1110011010 01011111 1110111101 11110101111111 111101110111 00111110111 1111111111001 111010 11111101 11110110111010010101 110111010101110101101 11111101111010010001 10111100111101010101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,017 |
Words | 208 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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