Analysis of Whispering Rainbows
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
My soul
Finds itself
Stunned,
Entwined amidst
The shattered
Fragments
Of emotion
And longing,
Burdened by
The tumultuous
Weight
Of a wounded
Existence
And I feel
So blessed
To be alive.
It's better to hurt
Than to feel
Nothing at all.
| Scheme | XXXXXXXXXXXXX AXX XAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 101 1 0101 010 10 1010 010 101 0100 1 1010 010 011 11 1101 11011 111 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
This poem expresses the speaker's current emotional state. They describe their soul as being stunned and entwined in the shattered fragments of their emotions and longing. They feel burdened by the heavy weight of a wounded existence. Despite this, the speaker feels blessed and grateful to be alive.
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