Analysis of Friends
Roberto Suárez Torres 1983 (New York)
A single river flows reaching its end
which charitable rain grew in a day,
the green grass by wild winds silently bends
under a black sky that sole shall not stay.
I, from oceans eager, will seek to dive
and swim with the ripples close to the shore,
surrounded by each true and square ally
reaching so my heart in their bay can moor.
My ship alone has sailed the frigid night,
wool has been what echoes have tried to give
when a taut horizon embraced my sight
and directed the limits sure to live.
Now, we together celebrate the fire
burning dead loneliness in a broad pyre.
Scheme | XAXA BXXX CXCB DD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011011 1100011001 0111111001 1001111111 1110101111 0110101101 0101110110 1011101111 1101110101 1111101111 1010100111 0010010111 1101010010 10110000110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
This poem is about the value of having friends when you feel lonely.
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Written on May 07, 2023
Submitted by robertrad2021 on May 07, 2023
Modified by robertrad2021 on November 12, 2023
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