Analysis of Shadowless

JESUS BETANCOURT 1955 (New York)



I refuse to cast a shadow
And expose the dark side of me
I let light through and then follow
Walking forward brilliantly


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1011101 00101111 11110110 1010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 120
Words 23
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

Poets never hide in the dark.

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Written on May 13, 2023

Submitted on May 14, 2023

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