Analysis of Dew On The Lilacs
Surrogate reality,
divorced from what’s real
The news on your cable,
and movies conceal
The brands that you purchase,
the labels you wear
Convince you of something,
the ‘Emperor’ shares
While consciously vacant,
unconsciously lost
The dew on the lilacs,
impermanent frost
Like quicksand it’s calling,
disguised as a beach
Your essence is falling,
and far out of reach
As peacocks left strutting,
unable to fly
Your time ever wasted
—and waving goodbye
(Bryn Mawr College: February, 2021)
| Scheme | AB XB XX CX XD XD CE CE CF XF A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010 01101 011110 01001 011110 01011 011110 01001 110010 1001 01101 11 11110 01101 110110 01111 11110 01011 111010 0101 11010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 477 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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