Analysis of Following Rules vs Creativity



Herd’s moving, moving out to common land,
where there’s the rules, the frame to close one’s eyes.
The master and his willing bending band
are on the run for maybe-s wanting the whys,
just marching straight towards not art but fries.
Those who stay in, are real freedom seekers,
not just a bunch of parroting beakers.
They seek their style; they’ll find their unique voice,
willing to learn while swaying on sneakers,
making it work, within their rules of choice.


Scheme ABABBCBDCD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101011101 1101011111 0100110101 110111011001 1101011111 1110111010 1101111 1111111011 1011110110 1011011111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 461
Words 80
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 364
Words per stanza (avg) 80
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Submitted by ludy_b on May 03, 2021

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Ludy Bührs

The topics she writes about are very diverse, so are the poetry styles she applies. As a Dutch translator and poet, having lived in Cambodia's capital city Phnom Penh for 2.5 years, in 2008 she published "Op de ruïnes van een rijk" (On the Ruins of an Empire) ISBN 978-90-8834-483-1 with 60 poems based on her experiences there. In 2007 she received a Certificate of Accomplishment as one of The Best Poems and Poets of 2007 issued by poetry.com and the International Library of Poetry for her poem Choked Truth, her own translation of "Verstikte waarheid", one of the poems in the book. Born in 1956, she still works as an independent translator, translating from English into Dutch. more…

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