Analysis of Living on the Edge
I court the dark lady, Death.
screaming on the edge of oblivion.
I stumble, careening near the abys,
but due not fall
My body swells with the throb of life
Emptying my lungs, I sing a song of ultimate dare.
I no longer fear the threat of dying,
As I walk the razor's edge.
I gyrate madly,
uncaring of my fate.
I know that the dark lady and I,
have a special date.
Her twin ebon pools of sight,
draw me near.
I embrace her,
as though I had not fear.
Almost lost in deepest shadow,
I spin away and mount another ledge.
I shout the shout of life,
fight the strife of closing night.
Rushing on another flight,
through darkening thunder clouds.
Riding the lightening bolt,
fly into the fierce gale.
Wail out the call of struggle unrestrained,
among the slashing rains.
I live completely alive,
every muscle moving, every nerve flashing life.
All my thoughts aglow,
senses heightened all..
I mount the precipice,
From it's top I swoop down.
Diving, dropping,
to within inches of the ground
I pull up,
hearing the song of Cosmos in my ear.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKJLMNMOHELLCPQRCSEODCTGUVW |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101 1010110100 110010101 1111 110110111 10011110111001 1110101110 1110101 1110 010111 111011001 10101 011111 111 1010 111111 110101 1101010101 110111 1011101 1010101 1100101 1001001 101011 110111001 010101 1101001 10010101001101 11101 10101 110100 111111 1010 10110101 111 1001110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,283 |
Words | 222 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 36 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 802 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 191 |
About this poem
There was a time in my youth when I lived this way. (don't try this at home)
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