Analysis of Waves Of Change
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
She walks with a shyness that belies
the storm raging within her chest,
a heart that beats wild with anxiety,
breath shallow and eyes darting restlessly.
She is a woman who loves deeply,
whose heart overflows with tenderness
and longing for connection.
Yet the fear of change holds her back,
the thought of the unknown paralyzes her.
She knows that life is a series of transitions,
that nothing remains the same for long.
And so she tries to brace herself,
to ward off the inevitable waves of change.
But the energy she puts into resistance
is sometimes more exhausting than the change itself.
It's as though she's trying to hold on too tight,
to keep everything in a perfect little box.
And yet, despite her best efforts,
change always finds a way.
It seeps into her life like a fog,
slowly enveloping everything she knows.
It's as though the universe is playing a game of chess,
moving pieces around with an unpredictable hand.
And all the while, she's left feeling
like the game is being played against her.
But she clings to the belief that acceptance
is the key to finding happiness and fulfillment.
She knows that her interpretations shape her reality,
and so she works to shift her perceptions,
to see the beauty in the chaos of change.
For even though it can be terrifying,
change is also the gateway to growth and transformation.
And so, as she walks through life with her tender heart
and her anxious soul, she tries to embrace the changes,
to let them carry her forward into the unknown,
trusting that the universe will lead her right where she needs to be.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010101 01100101 0111110100 1100110100 110101110 11101100 0101010 10111101 0110011000 111110101010 110010111 01111101 111001000111 101001101010 101101010101 11111011111 11100001101 01010110 11101 110101101 1001001011 1110101100111 1010011101001 01011110 1011101010 11110011010 1011101000010 111000101010 0111110010 11010001011 1101111100 111001110010 011111110101 0010111101010 1111001001001 101010110111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,605 |
Words | 343 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 36 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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