Analysis of The Silent Poet



Residing high in an abandoned building
In an anonymous city can be found
A hermit poet was existing
Writing poetry without making a sound

The ghetto was his neighborhood view
Ruins surrounded every street
Wrote to reimagine slums into something new
His poetry turned sour into sweet

Walking around the city among the poor
Trying to find the poetic hermit
Expecting he was still writing more
Beautiful poems his silence would permit

Discovered him high above a rooftop
He appeared to be sitting on a cloud
Meditating while staring directly up
Chanting poetry without speaking out loud


Scheme ABAB CDCD XXXX XEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 01010101010 01010010111 010101010 10100011001 01011101 100101001 111101101 1100110011 10010100101 1011001010 010111101 10010110101 010110101 1011110101 1001100101 10100011011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 586
Words 100
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 122
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

The Beatles " Fool On The Hill " was a poet.

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Written on October 05, 2023

Submitted on October 06, 2023

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