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 |
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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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