Analysis of John

Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)



by foul air, for rage to keep
all those sights in a high dream,
slow to rise of a patch seams
ire like salt the stars will sweep?

by gates too wise to be still
for the sea is not your ken,
nor do you know why or when
what both day and night have tilled?

Ah! a mole and a frog sulk
the shaft of a white-tailed kite,
eyes keen, beak closed, and coat bulk

that probes which the moon hide might
on her large couch when graced hulks
in front of those with slow weight.


Scheme AXXA XBBC DCD CXC
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1110011 1111011 1110111 1111111 1011111 1111111 1110111 1010011 0110111 1111011 1110111 1011111 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 467
Words 105
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on August 30, 2022

Submitted by robertrad2021 on August 30, 2022

Modified by robertrad2021 on March 26, 2023

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