Analysis of Shadows on a swing



Seesaw, swing
Upon a carousel, merry worlds
Going, round and round
But, at certain times
All things must stop
So we start to sing
Going home for dinner now
And the stories of the day
We wish to bring
But, wait
Where have all our parents gone?
Still, working hard
With reasons of support
And keeping happy families
Even after sunsets of way too late
Where time passages lead
Now, loneliness upon a swing
A slowing merry go round
And no more children
Or going home
Now, lives played out
Across the city streets


Scheme ABCDEAFGAHIJKLHMACNOPQ
Poetic Form
Metre 11 01010101 10101 11101 1111 11111 1011101 0010101 1111 11 11110101 1101 110101 01010100 101011111 111001 11000101 0101011 01110 1101 1111 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 487
Words 94
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 406
Words per stanza (avg) 94
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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