Analysis of Gypsy

Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)



She dances to the beat of her own drum,
A spirit untethered and free.
Her hair wild like fire,
Her eyes bright like an eclipse.

They call her Gypsy,
Because she has the soul of the wanderer,
Always seeking adventure
And never content to be a mere observer.

She's a traveler through the currents of life,
And a lover of all that's wild and untamed.
The world is her canvas,
Her journey, an ever-changing landscape.

She wanders with the winds,
A nomad of sorts,
Guided by her intuition,
Following the call of her core.

She knows that a gypsy's soul
Is meant to roam and explore,
And with every step she takes,
She finds herself a little further.

And so they let her dance in the moonlight,
And roam through fields of gold,
Because a woman with a gypsy's soul
Can never be caged or directed.  


Scheme XABX ABBB XCXX XXXD EDXB CCEC
Poetic Form
Metre 1101011011 010101 011110 0111101 11010 01110110100 110010 010101101010 10100101011 0010111101 011010 010110101 110101 0111 1010010 10001101 111011 1111001 01100111 110101010 011101001 011111 010101011 110111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 797
Words 172
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on June 12, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 12, 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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