Analysis of Swathed in Ribbon
Swathed in Ribbon
& in the mind, where thoughts are nothing but endless heaps of twirled ribbon,
intertwined upon each other like forgotten limbs left knotted,
I imagine the world cradled amongst these swaths of silk.
But I cannot unravel my ribbons
That hold me place
I cannot unravel those thoughts
That break this space
I cannot tear past the musicality of These spiraling swirls,
These breathtaking curls,
These swaths of silk,
so slippery and tight around my neck
& I'm choking.
The faces I see are globed and obscured by the merciless insanity
Of my ribbons a wave of strings netted like sea foam things upon the world.
& when I close my eyes, I breathe in the darkness beneath my lids and whisper with some vehemence:
I cannot untie them.
I cannot let go of them.
We are one,
& when my ribbons are cut, My thoughts bleed free
& I drift away, amongst the crashing waves of the world
and ceaselessly beyond the night-only the stars hold me back,
as the void of existence dawns upon my soul, as my tears trail down my ribbons, flowing free, & guide me awake.
Scheme | AABCDEFEGGCHIJKLMMAJKNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 0011111011011110 0010111010101110 1010011011111 1110010110 1111 11001011 1111 1101100100111001 1101 1111 1100010111 110 0101111001101000100 111001111011110101 11111110010011101011100 110011 1101111 111 1110111111 1101010101101 010001011001111 101101010111111111101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,062 |
Words | 207 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 23 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 840 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 194 |
About this poem
Poet is a sophomore in high school
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Written on November 14, 2022
Submitted by lisatt2 on November 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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