Analysis of No Feathered Saviour



The final moments of your car crash life,
I will be there with a smile on my face,
buckle up fear as I twist in the knife,
scream self-pity while I quickly embrace
all those moments that flash before your eyes,
the sighs, the truths, and especially the lies.

And there you were dreaming of Heaven's light,
are you shocked to find yourself here with me?
In Hell you can fan the flames of your plight,
I'll dangle the promise to set you free.

A dancer, lover, the thief of your soul,
you'll try to escape but you won't get far
for you are in the headlights of my goal,
look around, you'll find no feathered saviour,
tomorrow's arrived to claim the spirit,
submit, quit the struggle, give me credit.

Perhaps, after a thousand years of pain,
I may show mercy to that fickle mind,
but do not hold your breath, please don't complain
for you will find that I am not that kind.


Scheme ABABCC DEDE FGFGHH IJIJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 0101011111 1111101111 1011111001 1110111001 1110110111 0101001001 0110101101 1111101111 0111101111 1100101111 0101001111 1110111111 111001111 101111101 010111010 0110101110 0110010111 1111011101 1111111101 1111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 850
Words 164
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 6, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted on June 04, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ian Sawicki

Ian Sawicki has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is a Manchester born poet, who has dedicated his life to exploration and composition of poetry. His work reflects the many great influential experiences of his life, the pain, the pleasure combined to create new exciting poetry. If anyone is interested in my books then please visit my lulu storefront. All artwork on these books is by my own hand. http://stores.lulu.com/chasingtheday more…

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