Analysis of On some lonely park bench
It was when trees were bare,
laden with freshly fallen snow,
the frozen earth
crunched at every step,
the sky threatened another round
of flurries to last all day:
I sought refuge from fatigue
and aimless wandering
on some lonely park bench.
The donor etched a
memorial of a loved one
who passed on not long ago:
providing this convenience
that on our paths somewhere
we cast our tired souls
on someone else’s memory.
Rain burdened clouds
crossed the frigid skies,
casting layers of surly moods,
icy waves lapping
the cold sandy shore
sweeping away today’s footprints,
smoothening anew for another day.
Time renews its ancient tricks
of swallowing everything in its path
making hostages to lost memories.
Those left behind
refused to cast off:
a name on a small brass plate
on some lonely park bench,
a feeble defiance
to oblivion.
Scheme | abxxxcxdE xfbgaxx xxxdxxc xxxxxxEgf |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 10110101 0101 111001 01100101 1101111 1110101 010100 111011 01010 01001011 1111101 0101010 111011 1110101 1110100 1101 10101 10101101 10110 01101 1001011 10110101 1011101 110010011 1010011100 1101 01111 0110111 111011 010010 10100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 833 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 7, 7, 9 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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