Analysis of On The Soil
On a part,
Both soil and heart-
“I’ll run into open minds and arms”;—
‘Til we tangle all together, and-
Fall all apart-On the soil,
-we rot and ferment,
Becoming microscopic and to sprout up through the soil once again~<>~+_=?
| Scheme | AABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 1101 110110101 111010100 1101101 11001 01001001111011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
About this poem
Reminiscent of Henry Miller’s thoughts on the energy of atmospheric life he felt walking the streets of Paris and France while writing Black Spring.
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