Analysis of Piano
I am ivory and ebony. I am her sanctuary.
She takes meticulous care of me and I, in turn,
Reward her by proudly sounding my taut strings.
Light from a high window illuminates my shiny black surface.
Admired by all that see and hear me,
I soothe sorrow and frustration with a few melodious tones.
Through concertos and ballads,
My heart soars with the lithe fingers of my soul mate.
But time passes quickly. My elegant airs gradually cease.
She visits me for the last time, with a sorrowful look in her eye.
I am silently covered with cloth, and wait patiently for nothing.
I gather dust; my delicate strings grow brittle with disuse.
My keys ache for exercise; and grow weaker with each moment.
Then the darkness ends. My confining cloth is stripped away.
I am suddenly caressed by a new set of slender, young hands.
My future holds promise, like the dawning of a new day.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111000100110100 1101001110101 01011010111 110110010110110 0101111011 1110001010101001 1010010 111101101111 1110101100110001 11011011101001001 11100101101100110 110111001110101 11111001101110 10101101011101 1110001101111011 11011010101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 857 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 345 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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