Analysis of Hands



I looked at my hands
 They whispered old
 No, I cried
 My flesh is firm

My eyes are bright
 The years controlled
 They whispered old
 I looked at a tree

Its shimmering leaves above
 A robin singing
 A song of love
 Tell me, tree,

Between you and me
 How do you
 Your life renew
 I looked at the sky

Its azure
 Endlessness
 Tell me, sky,
 Your secret of
 Timelessness

I looked at the sun,
 The moon and a star
 That winked at me boldly
 from afar

Tell me, please, let your
 wisdom descend
 Is there a beginning
 Without an end ?


Scheme aBxx xbBc dedc cffg xagda xhch xiei
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 1101 111 1111 1111 0101 1101 11101 1100101 01010 0111 111 01101 111 1101 11101 110 1 111 1101 1 11101 01001 111110 101 11111 1001 110010 0111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 505
Words 100
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by hitalot on May 30, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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