Analysis of Raven

Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)



In the darkest night,
When all else is still,
The raven takes flight,
With secrets to fulfill.

Black as coal,
Its feathers gleam,
A creature of the soul,
With secrets unseen.

In the folklore of old,
The raven was a sign,
Of fortune or misfortune unfold,
A bird of both light and dark to bind.

For like a man,
The raven is both good and bad,
A balance of yin and yang,
Its secrets all too sad.

The raven understands,
The value of secrecy,
For in a world of shifting sands,
Retaining balance is key.

A man too is like the raven,
A creature of darkness and light,
His secrets hidden in a haven,
Balanced in his might.

To retain one's secrets,
Is to hold power within,
For only the raven knows the depths.


Scheme ABAB CXCX DXDX XEXE FGFG HAHA XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 00101 11111 01011 110101 111 1101 010101 11001 00111 010101 110101001 011110111 1101 01011101 0101101 110111 01001 0101100 10011101 0101011 01111010 01011001 110100010 10011 101110 1111001 110010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 707
Words 166
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Written on May 16, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on May 16, 2023

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Joe Strickland

Writer from South Carolina. Recently signed first publishing contract and is waiting for release date of first collection of poetry. I've never written a poem while completely sober. You can follow me on Twitter/X @JoeStricklandAU more…

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