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
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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