Analysis of Still I Search The Skies
As my eyes search so far into the horizon
so slow does the sun climb as I hear the
silence broken only by the birds...
My own silent sigh of missing you makes
seeing the beauty of dawn so unclear.
Tears of salt touch my dry lips as I fail to
answer what I keep asking myself...
Why did you have to take that final sleep
when this breaking heart needed you here.
So long have I sat here by my open window
little bird in the cherry tree cries ...
Did another little bird tell you there were no
goodbye's...
The sunset now appears so sombre, afraid to
leave me alone tonight...
Big old moon weeps in silence, she sees me
friend ...I'll be alright.
Bobby Ferguson 01/07/2014.
| Scheme | AXBXX CXXX DXDBCEXE A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111010010 1110111110 101010101 1110111011 1001011101 11111111111 10111101 1111111101 111011011 111111111010 101001011 101010111101 1 0110111011 110101 1111010111 1111 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 984 |
| Words | 128 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on August 20, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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