Analysis of Castle home



Bright banners fluttered high in the warm summer breeze
guards in armor bright do walk the battlements high
no travelers pass in through the gate
the portcullus is down barring the way

not long the journey we had been on
nor far the travels away from our home
yet when we left no one barred the way
all then were welcome to freely come

we hail the watchmen in the towers gate
bid that they would unbar the way
cold is the look that we do see
they answered no you do not belong

all who are welcome are gathered within
those who we summoned our already within
the gates will not open to you ever again
go on your way be gone from here

turning we ride away from our home
not understanding just what did change
that we’re not welcome here in our home
the gates are barred and we’re sent away

and darkness falls as we right away
and all our hopes do fade away
we feel lost at be cast out
now we are rejected and know not why

warm summer days have now turn cold
and days of spring are for ever gone
darkness deep now lies in our heart
now as our home is forever lost


Scheme XABC DECX BCXX FFXX EXEC CCXA XDXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110101001101 101011101001 110010101 01111001 110101111 11010011101 111111101 110101101 1101000101 1111101 11011111 110111101 1111011001 111101001001 011110111001 11111111 1011011101 10101111 1011010101 011100101 010111101 011011101 1111111 1110100111 11011111 011111101 101110101 1110110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,038
Words 212
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted by wakofoed on November 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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William A. Kofoed

 · 1952 · Utah

William A. Kofoed was born in Logan Utah. He now lives in Magna Utah. He was a member of Mormon Youth Chorus and the Jay Welch Chorale. He is a published photographer. He started writing poetry in high school and he has been published in Poetry Quarterly, Utah Life and The Route 7 Review. more…

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