Analysis of Setting Sun
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Behind the trees, the sun starts to set
Its warm rays fading from view
The sky transforms to shades of red
As a certain darkness starts to ensue
Birds retreat to their resting places
As the first stars twinkle in spaces
The sun's departure is like death
A natural occurrence, yet it brings unease
Just as the day must end with the sun's final breath
Our own end is something we cannot appease
We are but the birds, finding our places
As we prepare for eternal embraces
The sun's last rays cast a fiery hue
And the trees take on a somber tone
Their shadows growing longer and true
As if mourning the sun's loss alone
Death's cloak envelops, like the night's dark places
And like the stars, souls start to embrace us
But with every death comes a new dawn
And every sunset, a sunrise begins
So too will our own end spawn
A new beginning, free from dogma
As the sun behind the trees leaves its traces
We, too, will find our eternal, peaceful places
Scheme | XAXABB CDCDBX AEAEBX XXXXBB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101111 1111011 01011111 1010101101 101111010 101110010 01010111 010001011101 110111101101 101111011001 11101101010 11011010010 0111101001 001110101 11101001 111001101 11010101110 0101111011 1110011011 010010101 11110111 010101110 10101011110 1111100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 947 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 188 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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