Analysis of The Shadow
Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)
Have you been the short shadow on a wall,
when cruel night opens the gate of his eye;
sharp ears by soft tones not heard in the sky
fateful winter bidding us to our fall;
of a sacred conquest, an ogre slay
the winged horse found in a place,
by drawing lots on a summit of grace
ply three dogs' heads, a serpent's' tail that lay?
Remember the sun, the moon, and all stars
like chockful clouds stirred that their lights trickle,
coating one by one deeds we have thus far,
as a crown time will give you a sickle,
so you may till your plot, a realm bizarre
for your heart that though the sea is mickle.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011101 11011001111 1111111001 10101011101 1010101101 0111001 1101101011 1111010111 0100101011 111111110 1011111111 1011111010 1111110101 1111101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 601 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted by robertrad2021 on September 10, 2022
Modified by robertrad2021 on September 08, 2023
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