Analysis of Clinging Tightly To The Body Of My Mother
I wanted to have breakfast on the Himalayas; profoundly admiring and captivated by the brilliant morning light,
I wanted to perform yogic exercise; sit with my legs crossed in blissful meditation on the 100th floor of the colossal building,
I wanted to breathe whirlwinds of exotic air; wholesomely engulfed by twinkling stars of the sky and the enigma of the night,
I wanted to dance exuberantly under the scintillating moon; swaying my body rhythmically with the mystical tunes of air,
I wanted to masticate succulent chunks of raspberry; in an ambience of dense shrub and enchanting wilderness of the mountain,
I wanted to drink gallons of reinvigorating water; standing at the base of the virgin chain of corrugated rocks,
I wanted to witness my reflection in the mesmerizing eyes of the angel; drown profusely and forever into the ocean of empathy she radiated,
I wanted to laugh standing in the midst of the steep gorge; hearing each giggle reverberate boundless number of times before striking me back in the ear,
I wanted to perspire lazing on the grass; with the majestic rays of the Sun fomenting globules of golden sweat to trickle down my skin,
I wanted to write while seated royally on the cocoon of pearly clouds; metamorphosing each fantasy of mine into a perpetual reality,
I wanted to run along with the battalion of Kangaroos; picking up spurts of speed and expending every iota of power lingering in my leg,
I wanted to give orders sitting on the Princely cushion; seeing to it that the entire nation was prudently synchronized and listened to even the most minuscule of my commands,
I wanted to play incessantly with the dolphins; fondle their ravishing snouts to feel entrenched with waves of unprecedented excitement,
I wanted to sketch and paint seated on the deck of the ship; stroking the barren sheet of canvas with resplendent shades of enamoring color,
I wanted to violently fight in the heart of the pugnacious battlefield; brandishing a shimmering sword in my palms; and an overwhelming ardor to conquer sunk deep into my blood,
I wanted to bathe in a tank of pure honey; allowing it to trickle tantalizingly through each pore of my skin,
I wanted to dig a tunnel prolifically embedded with pearls; savor the opulence and glow that emanated as my pickaxe burrowed a way of its own,
I wanted to pray diligently to the creator; in a century old temple hidden handsomely within the murky camouflage of the dispersed coconut trees,
I wanted to love for fathomless times in the lap of my beloved; intermingling each breath of hers; each heart beat of hers that arose; completely with mine,
And in the end I wanted to sleep; rest in blissful silence far away and oblivious to the tensions of this world; escaping all death and pain; escaping all evil and satanically dark; breathing deeply and feeling invincibly secure; clinging tightly to the body of my
mother.
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Metre | 11011101001001001001001010101 11010111011111010010101111001010 110111101011011100110100010101 110111100111011010010100111 1101110011100110011100101001010 11011101010010101011010111001 11011010100010011010101000100101011001100 11011100011011101100100101011011011001 110101110110010110110011101110111 11011110100100111011110011010010010 110110110010101101111010100010110100011 1101110101010101011100101011001001011001101101 1101101001010101100111011110100010 110110110101101100101110101011010010 1101100010011001010100010010110101010110110111 11011001111001011101000111111 11011010010001011100100011100111101111 11011100010010001001101010001010101001101 110111110011101010011101111010101011 000111011101010101001001010111010110101011001110100101011010101011 10 |
Characters | 2,887 |
Words | 493 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 112 |
Words per line (avg) | 24 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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