Analysis of A SNAPSHOT
As days drag longer
Weeks and months conspire to crawl
Whither the ephemeral bliss
Served with courses of unending throes?
Whither the ambience of bellied crackle
The now familiar moans
Set aside for the honeymoon?
Mourn in your Tent, I'll frolic in mine
For so was it to be from the start
When the dawn wedded the twilight
OH! CYCLIC BLUES
Your season is here... Again!
Same fangs; Same pang
This time simply be free
Ramp the Earth with your left toe
Let your index fingers graze the stars
Open the Treasure Box
Of fragmented memories
Memories of future un-furthered
And of children un-fathered
Memories of sixty grimy Crowns
And of seven pigeon eggs
From three truck loads
With a reckless Driver
Open the box of resonating sardonic
Some of gold, same as old
Some of clay and of thorns
Open the books let the driver be served
Let him glower or maybe cheer
Bear no grudges; Have no crushes
Whenever the firmament beckons
Just be ready
Scheme | A X X X X X X X X X X X X B X X X X C C X X X A X X X X X X X B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 10101011 10001001 111010101 10010011010 010101 1011010 101111001 111111101 1011001 1101 1101101 1111 111011 1011111 111010101 100101 1100100 100110110 0110110 100110101 0110101 1111 101010 10011100010 111111 111011 1001101011 11101101 11101110 0100110 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 969 |
Words | 204 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 32 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 24 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Written on February 19, 2019
Submitted by francisb.48204 on March 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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