Analysis of Feeding the Sparrow



Up in the skies I watch
the hesitating clouds,
Like me and you.
about to cry at any second.
For the new dreams reckoned.

Down there is me praying helplessly.
As the dreams overflow my heart,
It is another daybreak with secret news.
Away from my left part.

I sit awake while the world sleeps.
My silence is broken by this sparrow.
It lands at my balcony to search some food.
I feed it with three pieces of cake.
Like the syllables of your name.
First it looks right, then left
Then starts to take
The little pieces of cake.
Soon the day is to break.

After tasting each piece,
It looks at me as if praying
For our meeting.
Silently I watch it eating,
Feeling its tiny heart beating.
The way it looks is like saying amen
For our wishes hidden under glowing coal.
How lonely I feel at this time
I am half-way not a whole.

It beats its wings
reminding me of our heartbeats
On every occasion we see each other.
Saying beware of the frowning father.

It walks with fearful steps
reminding me our secret meets
hiding from evil eyes.
Hard to give answers to questions
Starting with whys.

It is happy to get the food
Completely it is in a good mood.
Little bit frightened though it shakes
Reminding me when our hands touch.
I wonder if it feels I miss you so much.

At last the sparrow finishes feeding.
The look in its eyes is no more pleading.
It flaps off slowly,
rises in the sky.
I watch the sparrow fly.


Scheme XXXAA BCXC XXDEXXEEE XFFFFXGXG XHII XHJXJ DDXKK FFBLL
Poetic Form
Metre 100111 01001 1101 011111010 101110 111110100 1011011 1101011101 011111 11011011 1101101110 11111001111 111111011 10100111 111111 1111 0101011 101111 101011 11111110 11010 10011110 10110110 0111111001 110101010101 11011111 1111101 1111 01011101 110001011110 1001101010 111101 010110101 101101 11110110 1011 11101101 010110011 10110111 010111011 11011111111 1101010010 0101111110 11110 10001 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,352
Words 267
Sentences 28
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 9, 9, 4, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 46
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on July 28, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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