Analysis of Empty space
Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)
Prayerful hands
joined together
Reaching halfway
around the world
Trying to make
conversation with one another.
As we contemplate
peacefully living together
Embracing hearts skip a beat
Our hearts shudder
Tragedy
comes without warning
In waves
repeatedly
striking harsh and deep
We are helpless in its wake
Our consciousness
becomes enflamed
As they are swept away
forever
Though desperately
we continue
calling their names
Ending lifetimes
of memories
Removing precious lifelines
Seeing only
the joyful memories
of people
Who had helped
make our reality
A more loving place
to be
Loved ones faces
disappear from view
Some
lost without a trace
All happiness
escapes
Suddenly erased
are streams of faith
Extended no more
Loved ones
we can’t call for
Knowing
there will be no answer
reaching for higher ground
Finding only empty
Scheme | XA BC DAXA XA EFXEX DGC BAEHX XIX EIX XEJE XHXJ GXXX KXK FAX E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 1010 1011 0101 1011 01011010 1110 10010010 0101101 10110 100 10110 01 0100 10101 1110011 10100 011 111101 010 11000 1010 1011 101 1100 010101 1010 010100 110 111 11010 01101 11 1110 0111 1 10101 1100 01 10001 1111 01011 11 1111 10 111110 101101 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 906 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 4, 2, 5, 3, 5, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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