Analysis of The flight of the Skylark

SR Figgs 1962 (Monterrey)



Beyond the deep chasm, skylark;
far between the two of you,
a profound heart breaking dark
awaits silently, breaking my mystic blue.

Surrender your wings, skylark;
to oblivion the image falls
until you hear a drop: hark!
The gentle tear of my soul calls.

There’s a place in the meadow park
near the well and the golden crown;
don’t stand, spread your wings skylark
conceal your sorrow ‘til dawn.

Away you will be naked and stark
along with many of yours alike;
my warm hands long you here skylark,
go to vast oceans and lands; hike!

Chaste scenes over heavenly orb, skylark;
the dust I breathe won’t diminish your plight,
empower your core, ignite a bright spark,
to arise over many who can't fight the blight.

Don’t return, follow your deliverance in the dusk,
engrave your sweet name in hard bark
so I can return to my place and husk;
empty dreams take the flight, beautiful lark.


Scheme ABAB ACAC AXAX ADAD AEAE FAFA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (83%)
Metre 0101101 1010111 0011101 01100101101 010111 101000101 0111011 01011111 1010011 10100101 111111 0111011 011111001 011101101 1111111 11110011 111010011 0111101011 0101101011 101101011101 1011010100001 01111011 1110111101 1011011001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 869
Words 157
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by SRFiggs on April 29, 2021

Modified by SRFiggs on May 06, 2021

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