Analysis of Sibilant Song
Sunlight glitters on the surface--
Bright, it hurts the eye.
Listen closely you may hear
Its elemental cry.
Gently rolling, silken movements,
Soft caressing tide.
Soothing music to the senses,
Fleeting, whispering sigh.
Starlight softly is reflected,
Seductive is its call.
Mirror surface gently beckons,
Stirs longing in us all.
Hear it now, it roars in anger,
Hurls itself upon the shore!
Restless spirit never falters
Tide to tide forevermore.
Oh, the pull of its dark beauty,
I'm fascinated, drawn.
Truly always I am haunted--
Sibilant siren song!
Scheme | XABA XXXA CDXD XXXB XXCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 11101 1010111 10101 10101010 10101 10101010 101001 1101010 010111 10101010 110011 11111010 1010101 10101010 1111 10111110 11001 1011110 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
The inspiration for this poem came while I was attending a conference. At an evening event, the river at the venue was like liquid glass and its beauty sang to me. In all it's forms, water is majestic and magical, from the smallest creek to the the ocean.
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