Analysis of Armistice



the borders of the heart
trenches dug about it
filled with spirit-soldiers all in black
rifles discarded in favor of the knife
the light skirmishes of beginnings are
horizon-ranged pinpoint target shots
but heartwars are lost by both up close
with eyes locked as maybe-light fades
from the souls locked together
conjoined twin-flamed twilight twins
connected now by only the bayonets of loss
no dramatic parade of soldierly solemnity
as walking wereguild reminders no cheers
these wars end with silent partings
the blades left buried in each other
blood-pinions for valentined veterans
medal-hanging conveniences
for some stealthy dark-winged seraph
to hang her ribbons on as she lets her
bloodwet hair down and lies near in darkness. Opened door of consciousness
stumble into the world of dream-rewind
I’ll always meet you there, she whispers
but that’s not the sugar of care on her voice
It’s something else.
 


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMFINODIPQRST
Poetic Form
Metre 010101 101011 111010101 10010010101 0110010101 01011101 11111111 11111011 1011010 11111 010111001011 101001110100 110101011 1111101 011100110 1111100 10100100 1110111 1101011110 1110110101011100 1001011110 11111110 11101011101 1101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 949
Words 168
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 751
Words per stanza (avg) 146
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Written on April 02, 2022

Submitted by BradyB999 on April 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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