Analysis of Individual Light
Cast me not into the shadows
Where darkness drains light
Nor into the midst of the crowd
Where conformity bleeds individuality
Sit me not on a high walled tower
Just to wait for me to fall
Nor into the deepest depth of ocean
To drown my voice of nonconformity
Nurture instead this lone peculiar light
The privilege mine to stand apart
Let me sit on chairs of my making
And float in the rivers of tranquility
Scheme | XAXB XXXB AXXB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110101 11011 10101101 101001000100 111101110 1111111 1010101110 111110100 1001110101 01011101 111111110 01001010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 396 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Font size:
Submitted on April 11, 2011
Modified on March 18, 2023
- 22 sec read
- 5 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Individual Light" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 17 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/75389/individual-light>.
Discuss this Debra Squyres poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In