Analysis of THE OBLIVIOUS;MOON
She guides the dead with light
through to the afterlife
in silk and milk she is draped.
like diamonds in flame, she is made
Shy, pleasant and solitary she is
fire and lamp never rendered her obsolete, please
eye of the night she has become
Hello darkness, I'm not ready to succumb
The moon in my mind
is burnt in effigy. I am blind
bald and wild she is
bending on me in particular like sins
but the moon sees nothing of this
the light of her mind is blue-blue and bliss
| Scheme | XXXX AXBB CCAX DD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 11010 0101111 11001111 110010011 100110100101 11011101 01101110101 01011 110100111 10111 10110010011 10111011 0110111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 474 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
This poem denotes how unlovely we see the moon from here, and how she doesn't care about it. She thinks she is beautiful and she is happy about it. She inspires us to succumb. would we? She is trying to tell us to keep doing what we do, not minding whatever people say or think about us. You are beautiful in your own way, you don't need anybody to tell you that.
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Written on August 16, 2022
Submitted by justtclinton on August 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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