Analysis of Chasing The Light
Orphaned by the distant wind
as darkness bathes the dawn
My wings have flown beyond my sight
to catch the cygnet swan
A brother to the foreign soil
lost father to the man
Hearing wisps of memories past
old promises remand
Alone upon a falling sea
in depths my heart bemoans
The water cold inside my veins
fresh images I’m shown…
To raise my spirit from its sleep
and chase the light above
The night relinquishes its grip
and frees the mourning dove
Returning messages of hope
to course before the sun
That shines upon my reclaimed self
—my flight at last begun
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 110101 11110111 11011 01010101 110101 10111001 110001 01010101 011101 01010111 110011 11110111 010101 01010011 010101 01010011 110101 11011011 111101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 593 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 20, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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