Analysis of Living in words
Laurie Edberg 1966 (Sechelt)
When I live in words
I feel challenged,
I feel free,
I feel centered.
To live in words,
Is to be in essence,
To envision ,
To be graceful.
The greats of yesteryear,
Painted images,
They put images to operas and song,
Or verse.
Words tamed the shrew,
The mischievous puck
Or expressions of hamlet.
The heart sways,
The body feels the rhythm,
The eyes engulf the words
The ears are charmed.
To live in words,
Is to be free of the external world.
| Scheme | a xbx Axxx xxxx bxx xxax Ax |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1110 111 1110 1101 111010 1010 1110 01110 10100 1110011001 11 1101 01001 1010110 011 0101010 010101 0111 1101 1111100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 450 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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