Analysis of Clattering
I was a pebble skipped across
the surface of life
Newborn fearlessly colliding
into sharp edges above the water
a friend once said:
we are rocks on a riverbed
My reply:
poems don’t need to rhyme
Or to try
The meaning in art is what picks you up
Or what let’s you down
We are here to soften every hard edge
Current of circumstance unplanned
I was a pinball playing the Mississippi
Until I was soft enough to fall
To see life above me, moving,
Regardless of me
To feel hardness fall down on me
And soften us both in the meeting.
Scheme | ABCDEEFGFHIJKLMCLLC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 01011 101010 0111001010 0111 1111010 101 101111 111 0100111111 11111 11111010011 1011001 1101100010 011110111 11101110 01011 11101111 010110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 531 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 418 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
About this poem
I struggle to be on stage and do slam poetry because my poems are more lyric and I have stage fright. But I’ve done it, I’ve soften my edges to let others soften their. This poem is about every disagreement I’ve ever had with anyone and in this time of ubiquitous dissonance, it’s important for me to see the point and beauty of all of it.
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Written on February 09, 2023
Submitted by Laurasnewemail on February 10, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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