Analysis of Tasunka-Witko
(From 'Searching For Crazy Hose' Published in 2011)
Crazy Horse's final words to me as our search ended....
“My son, you can search,
but without your vision it’s hopeless
Its message I saw before you
so very long ago
You have now searched the heights
and the depths of its border
Finally living inside it,
separate no longer from yourself
You were called by the wind
to climb and go higher
Your soul casting no shadow,
nothing blocked from your sight
That which keeps you from seeing
is no longer inside you
What stays with you now lives
beyond a thousand goodbyes
Your name has been added,
and your place is now vacant
The pipe sits ready in council
for when your time will come
With one foot in this land,
you step beyond with the other
And in my Father’s lodge, all speak
your new name
. . . . ‘Wana Hin Gle’
(He Who Happens Now)
This name that I give you will
protect and sustain you
Guarding you, and you alone,
from the lack of yourself
Others may hate,
and may even hunt you
Killing only what they fear,
while making you strong
Rest easy, my son, for you’ve
seen them in passing
Their blind spot in eternity
not worthy of your eye
You no longer need the West
or my words to console you
The substance of your vision
is now released and set free”
Scheme | X A XX BC XD XE XD CX FB XX AX GX XD XXGX XB XE XB XX EF HX XB XH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101100 101010111110110 11111 101110110 11011011 110101 111101 0011110 10010011 10110101 101101 110110 111011 101111 1111110 1110011 111111 010101 111110 0111110 01110010 111111 111011 11011010 00110111 111 111 11101 1111111 010011 1010101 101101 1011 011011 1010111 11011 1101111 11010 11100100 110111 1110101 1111101 0101110 1101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,310 |
Words | 235 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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