Analysis of Innocent Evolution
Emil de la Cruz 1973 (NJ)
Dreary darkness, devoid of light,
violent screaming, endless night.
stormy weather, madness, fright,
feeds the evil ones delight.
Painful squealing, skin is peeling,
clawing, scratching, stomach reeling.
Endless pain, so revealing,
tearing flesh, never healing.
Death is calling, creatures crawling,
blackened soul, forever falling.
Bulbous, pulpy, fleshy sight,
Heedless begging, violent bite.
Endless battle, forever fought,
strain filled screaming, skin pulled taut.
You reach for key for peace is sought
You're almost free, but then you're caught.
Deadly swing of battle axe,
rush of pain, your arm he hacks.
Face grim, you look at him…
He beats you with your severed limb!
Conscious mind, darkens sight,
awaken, terror, utter fright.
Memory of a severed limb,
quickly returns, you awaken to him.
Agony, tormenting, lingering pain,
you think you've gone insane.
You open eyes to see him slowly brandish a blunt cane . . .
Pounding, cracking, breaking bones,
grinding, gloating undertones.
His laughter echoes through the hall,
as willing victims before him fall.
Your bloody, battered, beaten pulp,
he eagerly swallows in one gulp.
Who is this evil demon kind,
who tears into our peace of mind,
Who locks us up, then gives the key,
then tears us up to set us free?
His words echo throughout your head,
through halls of victims that lay dead.
He slowly raises his cane above…
and mutters, “You fool, my name is Love.”
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10100111 10010101 1010101 1010101 10101110 10101010 1011010 1011010 11101010 10101010 101101 1101001 10100101 1110111 11111111 1111111 1011101 1111111 111111 11111101 10111 01010101 10010101 1001101011 100101001 111101 11011111010011 1010101 101010 11010101 110100111 11010101 110010011 11110101 110110111 11111101 11111111 11100111 11110111 110101101 010111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,388 |
Words | 228 |
Sentences | 23 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 6, 7, 6, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
About this poem
A dismally realistic portrayal of love during my youth. I wrote this in-between my chemotherapy and radiation treatments in 1997 while combating a stage 4 Cancer. I would awaken most often in the middle of the night to release my thoughts and emotions in writing. Needless to say; I had a rather dismal view of love due to youthful past and present experiences in love during 1988-1998. The title itself has a hidden meaning; "Evolution" spelled backwards = "noitulove". My youthful mind interpreted it as "no-it-u-love", which was the intended meaning behind the title, "know it, you love". Such is the lesson taught to the innocent in my poem. more »
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