Analysis of Triped: The Way a Man Must Walk



Triped,
that’s me standing

Set on all three,
like three sides to a story

The one leg, medial,
is key to fruitfulness

and who would not want to enter,
of the host to whom this step is given?

Is there another door,
one from which lushness sprang?

Triped,
that’s me planting life

The third has more than delight;
it is to fashion a brood for hope

I tread so soft with one leg in a bag;
this is while bliss-searching

These streets we trod, amid treachery,
can cause a life of grief

Triped,
my blueprint to walk as a man

Am I my brothers’ keeper?
Oh yes I am, but not while this triped stand


Scheme Ab cc xx dx xx Ax ax xb cx Ax da
Poetic Form
Metre 1 1110 1111 1111010 011100 1111 01111110 1011111110 110101 11111 1 11101 0111101 111100111 1111111001 111110 111101100 110111 1 1111101 1111010 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 571
Words 115
Sentences 4
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 41
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Earle Francis Brown

I was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica. I was told that I can write, so I wrote and continues to write. I am currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. I enjoy reading "real" poetry. My favorite books are the Pslams, Proverbs and Songs of Solomon.Poetry is not just vocabulary, and use of metaphors and formats. Don't be tricked. Poetry should speak life. I love a poem that tells a story. The most memorable poems are the ones that tell someone's story. I don't care about ratings; the truth is always hated. People are people where-ever we go. more…

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