Analysis of Love gazing



There was a muttering of three distinct sounds.
It came from breathe and moved mountains.
Expanded galaxies and realigned solar systems.
Neighbors glanced and bounced off each other
Embracing for even just the breadth of a time as a peck on the cheek,
to acknowledge the other's existence, and then naturally,
and absent of sound, from it, beam.

The first sound resonated with the original,
the creator.
The crumb inside the cookie, inside the jar that had once been sealed tightly from persisting hands and now remained open. For all hands and fingers to have and hold, embrace and enjoy.
A breathe of fresh air to stale crumbs.
A part of the whole sweet treat, but a taste of sweetness in itself.
No wonder it will take just the one.

The second sound, an echo, a reverberation of harmonies that wax and wane,
only to come back together once again. A beautiful melodious dance of highs and lows,
passion and compassion.
An expansion, no doubt
From bead to sea.
A power in the drop that builds oceans and destroys walls with a pulse
(of glee).

The final sound, the mirror of the first, a pyramid and prism of colors,
reflecting in order the exact pigments you wish to behold,
sunset reds and a rise of orange.
Deep wines and blanketed blues.
A comfort of hues.

So difficult and yet so effortless, to create such a vibration from that place.
A place filled with lights, of greens, and whites, and sparkles in the night.
And then to stare off at one running across the dark sky
and know,
that with a simple three,
I love you,
moved galaxies.

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Scheme XXABXCX XBXAXD XXDXCXC XXXEE XXXXCXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11010011011 11110110 01010000011010 101011110 010110101101101101 1010010010011000 01011111 011100100100 0010 01010100101111111010101010110111010110101001 01111111 0110111101110001 110111101 01011100001011001101 101110101010100010011101 100010 101011 1111 01000111100011101 11 01010101010100010110 0100100011011101 11001110 1101001 01011 110001110010110010111 011111101010001 01111111001011 01 110101 111 1100 11111110
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,579
Words 283
Sentences 23
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 7, 5, 7, 1
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted by BrendenPettingill on April 03, 2018

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Brenden Pettingill

Aloha, My name is B. A Pettingill, I'm a writer, traveller, teacher, and waterman. From Hawaii, I write my thoughts inspirations and daydreams too. So enjoy these pieces of me, and share if it appeals to you :) Mahalo more…

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