Analysis of Is That a Beacon Ahead or My Dead Sheep?
Here I say in twisted complexities
That which you were restrained to see
So obscure and out of sight
To my delight and fright
This light that surrounds me
Unfathomably bright and somehow aware
It is intelect, clear sighted reason
The defeat of oppression lyes within this illumination
So won’t you take my hand?
Won’t you denounce the other side of this spectrum?
Renounce the grey for what it’s worth
An unnatural pallet of morose sanity
Too far a leap?
Too great a jump?
A gamble not worth risking I see
And made evident by your expression
I am still farsighted!
Scheme | XABBAXCC XXXAXXACX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110100100 11100111 1010111 110101 111011 110101 11111010 001101010110010 111111 110101011110 01011111 1010010101100 1101 1101 010111011 0110011010 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 554 |
Words | 101 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 9 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 228 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 30 sec read
- 0 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Is That a Beacon Ahead or My Dead Sheep?" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 15 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/75639/is-that-a-beacon-ahead-or-my-dead-sheep%3F>.
Discuss this Tokentoforget 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