Analysis of The Piano



Show me the dew from the morning's mist of rain.
It makes me cry, for it beauty is like a baby's lullaby.
Let the flakes of snow keep landing in my hands.
Show me where it sparkles, and lays upon the land.

All as the piano plays...

Show me where the music plays gently, and for miles heard.
Let me taste the blooms of paradise, and paint it against paisley skies.
Let me whisper to open the gates of wild daffodils blowing in the wind.
Show me where to touch it, and let me breathe it all in.

All as the piano plays a symphony...

Let me take a handful of spring to save in a jar.
And let the rain of feathers fill my quill with emotions.
A tear fed rose of enchanting mystique, follows the sky
Until the skies fall down on me, let the ink dry.

And the piano inspires me to write...

Show me a storm, let it have strikes of lightning and lavender clouds.
Let the notes move me, like a song of beating drums.
Show me its colors, and thunder, to be heard out loud.
Let it be the clouds have sliver linings to stir about in swirls.
And the stars with falling embers wisp around forming pearls.

And the piano plays a concerto...

Show me where the winds blow.
One way leads to everything, he says.
My eyes are open to there fullest.
Tears roll down my cheeks.
Heart is full of echo's, soft, and meek.

As the piano plays, "My Sweet Love"...

I will always love you, he says.
Specks of dust still dancing on the monings tide.
After a shower of brief summers rain.
I see all things never remain the same.

And still the piano plays...


Scheme ABXX C XXXX X XXBB X XXXDD E EFXXX X FXAX C
Poetic Form
Metre 11011010111 111111101101010 10111110011 111110010101 1100101 1110101100111 1110111001101101 111011001111010001 1111110111110 11001010100 111011111001 01011101111010 01111010011001 010111111011 0001001111 1101111111001001 101111011101 1111001011111 1110111010110101 00111010101101 0001010010 111011 11111011 111101110 11111 111110101 100101111 1111111 1111101011 1001011101 1111100101 0100101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,491
Words 296
Sentences 32
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 4, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 4, 1
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Yvonne Sensing

I've been writing since I was a kid...I enjoy putting thoughts onto paper it's like clearing out my mind. I'm not saying I'm good, but I try. Still I write, but the thoughts in my head get jumbled and it all comes out wrong. I know what I want to say, I hope it comes out that way. Anyway, I still write maybe to leave a little piece of me behind. Not here to cause trouble or be a hero. I am a kind person with a big heart and I only do what makes me feel good. Poetry happens to make me very happy and joyful. Sharing my most inner thoughts makes me a target it seems, with folks that don't like me. I assure I am not a hater, but I will stand up for myself for what's right and true. This site has made me feel like were all family and here for each other not a place to bicker and fight among us, but to enjoy each others work with respect and love. Please understand I am not here to cause problems, I am here for the same reasons you are. more…

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