Analysis of Black



Black is not the color of my soul.
Black is the color of coal.
Black is a shade and an a hue,
never bright like in light,
but dark as in the night.

Is black just a color or is something
else,
an adjective used to describe
something boring
which will have you snoring.
Is black just a metaphor for a word itself
or am I just looking for a book on a shelf
to become allegory for what is to come
simply put not having any fun.

Meaning the book on the shelf is what you get but
not what you necessarily see, just like the color black
which is shadowy.
Black is a word  and it sounds kind of dreary,
incomplete, and perilously. and it'd  
 make oneself oh so weary.


Scheme AAXBB CXXCCDDXX XXEEXE
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111010111 1101011 11010101 101101 111001 1110101110 1 11001101 1010 111110 111010010101 111110101101 10110011111 101110101 100110111111 11101001110101 11100 11010111110 00101000010 111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 643
Words 132
Sentences 8
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 9, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 170
Words per stanza (avg) 44

About this poem

It's a descriptive word used in many forms.

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Written on September 06, 2021

Submitted by lilac_26 on September 06, 2021

Modified on April 26, 2023

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Lilia Acevedo-Acosta

I like to dabble with words and meanings. Language is universal. I suppose we need to listen to each other even if it's in silence. more…

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