Analysis of The Choking Of Angels
Night erupts…
The maddening glow
Of a closing minute
Of a final hour
Shines pale
Against the frozen concrete
As the drumbeat starts
And the chanting starts
My last broken link
Forever lost—Forever lost
Salvation,
The calling card
Of a new
Abyss
My breath turning
Inward
Where the heat rises
And the voices expand
With the choking of angels
And the plucking of wings
New grace into the fire
The blessing of those
Becoming,
A curse to his rage
The fire of isolation
Burning sweet
Into my memory
Murderous thoughts
Killing innocent feelings
All orphaned intent
Lost in dark wandering
Time no longer master
Unto itself,
…as night erupts
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
Scheme | AXXBXCDDXXEXXXFXXXXGBXFXECXXGXFBXA X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (49%) |
Metre | 11 01001 101010 101010 11 0101001 1011 00101 11101 01010101 010 0101 101 01 1110 10 10110 001001 1010110 001011 1101010 01011 010 01111 0101010 101 011100 1001 1010010 11001 101100 111010 1001 111 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 644 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 34, 1 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 274 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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