Analysis of All I Ever Wanted



All I Ever Wanted

Words like violence
 Break through the silence

whips, chains & blood
 What is truth ?

columns of cement alabaster vestibules
 to run in the distance,

a path at the opening of a forest
 to bask in the vast expanse of the day

chosen to bow the knee to pray
 along the path a dark figure rises

eyes with spots having holes in the side of head
 a shallow pool is inside the walkways abode

I pause my head to think
 Can't even wink to dismiss this earthly bliss

with a time well spent in thought
 a bridge elapsed through the mirage of the moment

dark creatures manifest their heightened madness
 I moved away to see another face

that of a maiden in waiting for her lover which was me
 yet all I ever wanted was the truth to behold

onto another moment or that of episode


Scheme A BB AX BB XC CX XD XX XX XX XX D
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 11100 11010 111 111 101011001 110010 01101001010 1100101101 10110111 0101011010 11110100111 01011010101 111111 11011011101 1011101 010110011010 1101011010 1101110101 110100101010111 1111010101101 100101011110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 782
Words 150
Sentences 2
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 52
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted by hitalot on July 19, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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