Analysis of Pickpocketing dreamers
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
She stole my heart with a single glance
I became entranced, enthralled by the moment's momentum
The sun went into heaven, and the stars evaporated
Through time, like a conveyor belt, I was slung like a grape through a vessel
The air becomes black and the stars become sticky
I am sticking to the stars like a leaf to the vacuum
And out of that arises an answer, a peaceful proposition
Remember. Kelley. Remember.
You will make it to the dawn.
Stress not the unusual, lead not down the travelled halls, pace towards the moon instead
One step makes the next step that much easier
Don't drown in the sorrow from empty thoughts and feelings taking excuses from you like a holocaust of the heart
You will remember, darling, soon.
The fall never happened. You were always real. Never forget, my lover. Your kiss meant everything to me.
Scheme | X X X X A X X B X X B X X A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110101 10101011010010 01101100010100 111001011111011010 010110010110 11101011011010 0111010110010010 01010010 1111101 11001011101011010101 11101111100 110010110101010010111010101 11010101 011010101110011101111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 849 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
About desperation in finding the life inside which may sustain me
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