Analysis of THE LAST HOPE (Kauaʻi ʻōʻō)
i call your name,
i beg for a little solace.
my song echoes through the trees.
i wait for life to be chanted.
the hollow forest answers with silence.
the mute wind caresses the last, drifting feather of hope.
i hear my voice coming back:
one final string of air, gasping your name.
the world shut me down like a lonely,
flickering light at the dusk of time.
do not weep for me.
we will reunite once again,
swiftly spreading our wings in the unlimited blue.
| Scheme | AX XX X X XA BX B XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 11101010 1110101 11111110 0101010110 01101001101011 1111101 1101111011 011111010 100110111 11111 1101101 10101010001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 471 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
The Kauaʻi ʻōʻō is a bird species that went extinct in the 80s. The male's beautiful song should be answered by the female's, yet no specimens were left: in the last recording (which you can find on YouTube), the pauses should be filled by the female's answer.
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Written on October 13, 2023
Submitted by kaimitchell on October 14, 2023
Modified by kaimitchell on October 14, 2023
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