Analysis of What Poetry Is



It is the art of making shadows found
And lends existence to all things inert.
It's music in words, music is it's sound,
Words that turn luminous, love they assert.

Reveals to us how lovely nature be,
Brings back the freshness of that youthful feel,
Revives the relish of mere pleasantry,
Refines that youthful love with great appeal.

Makes interest in human nature strong
Describing vividly those feelings soft
And through prophetic vision makes one long
For faith to lay hold on new life aloft.

It's sorrow's sister, vent for man's lament;
Each tear a verse, each poem the heart is rent.


Scheme ABAB CDCD EXEX FF
Poetic Form
Metre 110111011 0101011101 1100110111 1111001101 0111110101 1101011101 0101011100 0111011101 110010101 0101001101 0101010111 1111111101 111011101 11011100111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 576
Words 102
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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