Analysis of Statue of the Night
Savannah Grace Jenkins 2003 (South Carolina)
Oh silent statue, stone and gray,
Who sits alone upon the brink
Of time's rotation, day by day,
With solemn eyes, and silent cries
And every hint of passion gone.
I often find you at this place,
You graven, gloaming, calloused beast.
I'm sure you are a helpless case,
Until I spy the smallest hope,
You smile, then, the break of dawn.
Scheme | AXAXB CXCXB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101101 11010101 11010111 11010101 010011101 11011111 11010101 11110101 01110101 1110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 336 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
People can be this way... but if you manage to get to their hearts, there's often a sunrise waiting to be seen.
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