Analysis of POETRY DAY?



I was told that today is the day
On which poets use to call their muse.
I wondered then what I should say:
To give some verses or refuse;
I pondered if it would even pay.

I heard today we cherish verse
That we celebrate doing poetry.
It sounded odd and well, perverse
It's not as if it is pottery
Or the workaday way we converse.

I think a poet's as a poet does
And poetry doesn't have to wait
Are the other days then for base prose
What if my muse today is late,
Or just decides to thumb her nose?

I believe all days are poetic
You just have to look and you will see
From pious thoughts to the erotic
All are good fodder for poesy
Cherish it every tock and every tick.

But I guess today's a date to match
The unique beauty of poetry.
Spring's beginning is very much
Suited for such anniversary.
So yeah, why not 21st of March.


Scheme ABABA CDCDC XEFEF GDGBG XDXDX
Poetic Form
Metre 111101101 111011111 11011111 11110101 110111101 11011101 111010100 11010101 111111100 10101110 1101010101 010010111 101011111 11110111 1111101 101111010 111110111 110110010 1111011 101100101001 111010111 001101100 10101101 10110100 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 832
Words 180
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

A few verses I put together pondering about the international poetry day.

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Written on March 21, 2021

Submitted by ahmadbahjah2004 on September 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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