Analysis of How It Works



I started this
with my head
in my hands,
ran my palms
down my face,
brought them
together in front
of me as if in prayer.

My mind was
putting on a
show,
bursts of
imagery flashed
like fireworks.

Words floated
like falling
feathers,
ideas danced
like fireflies
in the night.

For some reason
my senses
brought about
the scent
of the sea.

I closed my
eyes and seen
the palm trees
sway like
hula girls in
the wind.

A smile appeared
and I
held on to
it for as long
as I could.

Eyes clenched
tightly shut,
mind at work.

It called
to me and I
ran to it
with my heart
wide open.

And when
it was all over
I sat down
and created
this..


Scheme AXXXXXXX XXXXXX BXXXXX CXXXX DXXXXX XDXXX XXX XDXXC XXXBA
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 111 011 111 111 11 01001 111101 111 1010 1 11 1001 11 110 110 10 0101 110 001 1110 110 101 01 101 111 101 011 11 1010 01 0101 01 111 1111 111 11 101 111 11 1101 111 111 110 01 11110 111 0010 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 577
Words 127
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 8, 6, 6, 5, 6, 5, 3, 5, 5
Lines Amount 49
Letters per line (avg) 10
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

The process for me can not be forced it comes when it wants to and goes away whenever it pleases.

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Submitted by h69423 on August 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Anthony B Perales

Wrote my first poem in 2007 when I was 33 years old .I write only about the things I know, the things I've seen more…

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