Analysis of A Wolf Waits
A Wolf Waits
Early one morning
reason escaped
And prescience went with it
unlocking the gate
Lights in the asylum
flicker and fade
The inmates grow restless
a deepening shade
Evening brought darkness
no stars in the sky
But nobody wondered
no questioning why
The moon simply vanished
a wolf waits to howl
All order disorder
—with thought disavowed
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Spinning The Cylinder
When does intelligence
turn on its host
Killing the patron
leaving a ghost
Russian roulette
in a game zero sum
Perception reloading
—acuity’s gun
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
Life beyond numbers
images reign
Killing all reference
lost in refrain
Gaming the theory
zeroing out
Counting symphonic
—Angels about
(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)
| Scheme | x axxxbcdcdexexxfx F f ghih xbai F xjgjxkxk F |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011 10110 1001 0100111 01001 100010 1001 01110 01001 10110 11001 1110 11001 011010 01111 110010 1101 1010 100100 110100 1111 10010 1001 1001 001101 0101 11 1010 10110 1001 101100 1001 10010 1001 10010 1001 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 771 |
| Words | 131 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 16, 1, 1, 4, 4, 1, 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 37 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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