Analysis of Deliverance, finding love in one’s old age
Deliverance
(finding love in one’s old age)
In the shadow of your finely chiseled face
All others fade in dim of dwindling light
My grey eyes gaze upon your lips impatiently
For you alone, are worthy of my sight
A wood thrush sings among the cawing crows
Bright notes of love, infuse my weary mind —
Smooth the jagged edges of this ancient heart!
Make one of two, let two combine
Time has passed, but steadfast drew you to my side
A sweeter, nobler love could never be
Our union, much too late an infant child to bear —
But you rebirthed a grateful child in me
| Scheme | XX XABA XXXX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100 1010111 0011110101 11010111001 111101110100 1101110111 011101011 1111011101 1011011101 11111110 1111111111 0101011101 1010111110111 111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 572 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
I was thinking about couples, who in their old age, find each other to love. I imagined what that experience may feel like, and wrote this poem.
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