Analysis of Yin Yang
Scott Michael Potter 1966 (Grand Rapids, MI)
When firstly the two commas,
One light the other heavy
(Each bearably part of the other
enjoined in a many-dimensional helix),
Joined in mutual attraction,
Like two sperm [or eggs with hair
if you prefer] of opposites,
The land paused to breathe
in the aroma of conception.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100110 1101010 110011010 010010010010 10100010 1111111 1111100 01111 000101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 276 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 219 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
About this poem
OK, so call me a dolderhead or insert your favorite pet term of endearment that is not too effusively offensive, but I accepted the challenge to write a one-sentence poem that hopefully was not too terrible of a run-on, and that also treated the subject fairly yet lightheartedly. It also follows my own clay creation of a large comma with an exclamation point, a period, and a colon, which I reasoned would make do if that was all I could choose.
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Written on February 18, 2022
Submitted by ScottMPotter on May 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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