Analysis of Excellence

Michael Ullom 2004 (Fayetteville)



Oh, to journal excellency-
As an autobiography;
Your words a soft-spoken velvet,
Leaves not a critic to dwell it,
And your grace will stand on its own,
Valiant as a queen with no throne;
You are a dreaming authors bliss,
New York's best-selling, "Excellence;"

Is it that man is deathly flawed?
To grant me a motif enthralled,
The warm sensation of beauty,
That flows adeptly as the sea,
Radiantly in company-
Of your love as it champions me;
There will be no greater picture,
For you are the perfect fixture;

Were eyes the entrance to the soul,
I'd regard yours a different role;
A supple melting impression,
Battles in my mind, obsession;
Four moons suspended and spell-locked,
Two valleys intertwined and docked;
Your visage is a magnetism,
It calls to me in quiet vision,

And your touch is both soft and sweet,
My feelings blend when our hands meet,
An uproar of warmth floods to me;
Who set the countless stars to be?
The reflection of a woman-
So breathtaking I soar again;
Your atmosphere is fluorescence,
I succumb to your Excellence.


Scheme AAXXBBXC XXAAAADD EEFFGGXF HHAAFXAC
Poetic Form
Metre 1110110 1100100 11011010 11010111 01111111 10101111 11010101 11110100 11111101 11100101 01010110 111101 10100 111111001 11111010 11100110 01010101 101101001 01010010 10011010 11010011 11000101 11010100 111101010 01111101 110111011 1111111 11010111 00101010 1101101 11011 10111100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,044
Words 213
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 205
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Written on July 17, 2021

Submitted by michaelu.47366 on February 23, 2023

Modified on April 11, 2023

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