Analysis of Mourning's Roar
Monuments of distraction,
portals from hell
The gates, the temptation,
where the misguided dwell
Three dimensions the material,
where emptiness hides
The lions all roaring
from cages inside
The pathways worn smooth,
the comfort is there
The direction indifferent,
when worn with a flair
The roads have all ended,
turned in on themselves
And darkness locks tightly,
all souls on the shelf
The shadows of lateness,
behind monuments fall
Where seeds never sewn,
grow heavy and tall
In an orchard of indulgence
the trophies are stained
The fruit of the promise
rots endorsed in your name
The music is dimming,
there's darkness ahead
Those memories that haunt us,
escort us to bed
Where the covers are pulled back,
and the curtains are tied
All change now beyond us
. . . in mourning we lie
(Shiprock New Mexico: May, 1996)
Scheme | A B A B X X C D X E X E X X X X F G X G X X F X C H F H X D F X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001010 1011 010010 100101 101000100 11001 010110 11001 0111 01011 0010010 11101 011110 10101 010110 11101 01110 011001 11101 11001 01101010 01011 011010 101011 010110 11001 1100111 01111 1010111 001011 111011 01011 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 786 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 33 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 20 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on May 07, 2020
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on May 07, 2020
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