Analysis of Bringing My Shadow Home
Sometimes, when sitting alone,
I feel your lightness come upon me
Watching my shadow run
toward the brightness of your smile
And like a child,
lost again for the first time
I am carried away in your moment,
—as you bring my shadow home
(Strafford Pennsylvania 1976: 2nd Anniversary to Kathy)
| Scheme | XA XX XX XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111001 111101011 10111 01010111 0101 1011011 1110010110 111111 101010100110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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