Analysis of Deep, Dark Water
Miles beneath the ocean live unGodly
species of the aqua extaordinary.
They live and breathe in a space not
meant for man to exist.
As you descend the leagues
the pressure exponentially increases.
Unprotected, our heads implode and
our blood refuses to run its course.
It is a resting ground for underwater
graves constructed by tragedy.
It is a terror-deep the likes of which
light itself is afraid.
At times I feel drawn to its black magic
but only with cautious curiosity.
In the deep, dark water, God has roped off
a space for us to leave be.
The only time I spend there is in the
worst of dreams, hoping to buoy.
In the best of dreams, I ascend
to the air in awakened baptism.
Scheme | ABXX XXXX BAXX XAXA XAXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 1010101010 1010101 11010011 111101 110101 0100100010 010101010 1010101111 1101011100 10101100 1101010111 101101 1111111110 1101100100 0011101111 0111111 0101111100 11110110 00111101 1010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 662 |
Words | 126 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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