Analysis of My Shadow, My Friend
My shadow follows me
She has a life of her own
Walking along, behind, and beside
Wherever I go
She was born the same instant
The same moment I breathed life
We travel together as one
Wading through every strife
She watches my back
My fiercest protector
Chasing me under the sun
Haunting me like a spectre
On the shortest of days
She revels the mighty oak tree
On the longest of nights
She cradles my turbulent dreams
One is never alone in a world
Not always so shiny and bright
But even darkness cannot thrive
Without the promise of light
As the days turn to weeks
And the weeks turn to years
She carries on the memory
Of a time when I was here
Long after I am gone, she will exist
Under the remnants of my bones
Beyond the edges of my tomb
Ever watching, waiting like a stone
My shadow, my friend
You know better than most
In the end, it's you who shall live
And I'll be your warding ghost
Scheme | ABXX XCDC XEDE XAXX XFGF XXAX XXXB XHGH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11101 1101101 100101001 01011 1110110 0110111 11001011 1011001 11011 110010 1011001 1011010 101011 11001011 101011 11011001 111001001 1111001 11010101 0101011 101111 001111 11010100 1011111 1101111101 10010111 01010111 101010101 1111 111011 00111111 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 898 |
Words | 182 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
"My Shadow, My Friend" explores the theme of companionship with one's shadow, which is always there through the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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