Analysis of Dahlias
I am despair, dressed in delicate dahlias,
Drowning in the depths of my own melancholia.
Demons dance in my dreams, a dread-filled dalliance,
Darkness deepens, as I drown in defiance.
Dismay, distress, and despair,
Darkness creeps in, beyond repair.
Drowning in the depths, of my dismal daze,
Determined to break free, from this dark maze.
But amidst this misery, I see a glimmer of hope,
Dahlias dancing in the breeze, a delicate rope,
That pulls me up, from this murky abyss,
Deftly offering me, a moment of bliss.
The petals rustle softly in the gentle breeze,
Drifting away the dreary thoughts with ease.
Dancing, darting, dazzling delight,
Defying the darkness, with all their might.
Despair and dahlias, a duet of dichotomy,
A dance between darkness and delicate autonomy.
But as the dahlias dance, hope begins to bloom,
Defying despair, dispelling the gloom.
Dawn breaks, in the sky above,
Daffodils, daisies, and dahlias, I love.
A new day dawns, with a delicate dance,
Dispelling the darkness, with a hopeful trance.
Scheme | AXAA BBAA CCAA AADD EEFF GGAA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101101001 100011111 101011011100 10101110010 0101001 10100101 1000111101 0101111111 10111001101011 11000101001 1111111001 10100101011 010101000101 1001010111 101010001 0100101111 010100110100 01011001000100 1101110111 0100101001 1100101 10100111 0111101001 01001010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,030 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
This poem is about the experience of despair and the struggle to overcome it.
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Written on April 25, 2023
Submitted by brejesh.shan on April 24, 2023
Modified by brejesh.shan on April 24, 2023
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