Analysis of Black

Michael Cahill 1980 (Bell island)



BLACK ⚫️
Because love actually can kill

In the world of black, where darkness dwells,
Love can end, leaving empty shells.
Once together, hearts felt bright,
But now we’re lost, in the lonely night.
In black’s embrace, we were once one,
Now apart, feeling so undone.
In the dark, we search for a way,
To find ourselves, to see the day.
Black teaches us, in pain and strife,
To find our strength, rebuild our life.
Though love’s gone, we still find love,
In ourselves, we rise above.


Scheme XX AABBCCDDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 1 01110011 001111101 11110101 1010111 110100101 01011011 10110101 00111101 110011101 11010101 1110101101 1111111 00011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 492
Words 99
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 12
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 183
Words per stanza (avg) 44

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Written on December 26, 2023

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