Analysis of Beneath The Surface
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Like the lake,
She appeared calm
And peaceful on the surface,
Her waters still as glass.
But below, chaos brewed,
A war between fishes,
Each devouring the other,
Desperate to survive
In the depths of her soul.
She wore a smile, serene,
Like ripples on the lake,
Which concealed the turmoil
Raging inside,
As fangs bared,
And scales clashed,
Consuming their kin
In a ruthless dance of survival.
She moved through the world
With grace and poise,
Her demeanor steady,
A calm facade
Over the battleground within.
But her depths held secrets,
Like treasures hidden,
Buried beneath the waves,
Betrayals and secrets,
A whisper of madness,
Echoing through the stillness.
She carried this weight,
Unseen, unspoken,
Like the weight of the ocean
Resting on her chest,
A burden only she could bear,
Because beneath her calm exterior
A tempest brewed,
Churning, thrashing,
Struggling for release.
And as I stood on her shore,
Admiring the serenity of her surface,
I couldn't help but wonder,
What demons lurked,
What battles were fought,
In the war-torn waters
Of this silent lake.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 1011 0101010 010111 101101 010110 10100010 10101 001101 110101 110101 10101 1001 111 011 01011 001011010 11101 1101 001010 0101 1001001 101110 11010 100101 010010 010110 1001010 11011 01010 1011010 10101 01010111 0101010100 0101 1010 100101 0111101 010001001010 1101110 1101 11001 001110 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,072 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 8, 11, 9, 7 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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