Analysis of The written word



Aye, the written word!
Dearly, my dearest friend
Bestow the meekest with thy power
Liberate thy most ignorant follower
Then to them…
Make the great men.

Aye, touché
To wisdom, to wit, to script
Tongue also sharp and dreadfully quick
But the pen mighty and ever brave
With one sure stroke swift of my quill
The most ardent of critic swayed!


Scheme XXAAXX XXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 101101 01011110 1011100100 111 1011 11 1101111 110101001 101100101 11111111 01101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 331
Words 61
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 6
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 135
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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