Analysis of Buddhist Tendencies
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
all life is connected
in the hollow of my chest
a forest stirs
and life goes on
where the rivers of my mother's
hands once flowed
and without you
the trees still whisper
secrets to the wind
in the hollow of my chest
a forest stirs
| Scheme | x AB x bx x xx AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111010 0010111 0101 0111 10101110 111 0011 01110 10101 0010111 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
About this poem
In this poem, I've tried to capture the idea that all life is connected by exploring the ways in which the speaker's own life is intertwined with the natural world and the people around them.
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