Analysis of The Shallows
The Shallows 2007
He waits by the shallows,
Polishing his blade,
It lustered, a silver gleam,
but had shown red.
He laid by the fallen,
Whoever they were,
And carried them over the river,
Of which lay banked, Pine and Fir.
With his eyes of penance and
Heart of dulled metal,
Lay he,
Polishing his blade,
Removing rust so red,
It spoke to the dead.
He waits by the shallows,
Taking their breath so soon,
Scourging their eyes,
That now,
They walk by the pyre towards the blood moon
Scheme | ABxc xddd xxxBcc Aeaxe |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 10011 110101 1111 111010 01010 010110010 1111101 1111100 11110 11 10011 010111 11101 11101 101111 1011 11 11101001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 478 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
Speaks about the life of a grim reaper and those, who are freed by him, to the netherworld.
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Written on May 11, 2022
Submitted by neil.ganguly on September 21, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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