Analysis of Her Healing ashes
There were cubes of white ice strewn on the floor,
melting into paltry amounts of water when licked by Sunlight,
transiting into a solidified mass when kissed by the placid moon,
i entered the room with a hand bleeding profusely,
inserted my palm beneath a slab of frozen liquid,
thereby ceasing the flow of trickling blood,
eliminating stabs of bursting pain with inexpensive plaster of ice.
i was engulfed in a coat of mud slurry,
tonnes of broken debris lined collar and scalp,
ugly sores and bruises projected from several parts of body,
that's when i decided to step in the steaming shower,
scrubbed myself with huge tablets of antiseptic,
cleansed traces of moisture with blow dryer guns,
despite my valiant efforts,
the blood i noticed was still oozing.
i then applied stingy amounts of my mothers ashes,
which i had diligently preserved years after she died,
a magical transformation took place,
the scenario to witness was priceless and spellbinding,
the stream of flowing blood froze in its roots,
hard crusts of brown now replaced the torn pulp,
tears of gratitude rolled down my cheek,
she still cared for me, couldnt see me in agonizing sorrow,
she was still there with me in my time of distress,
sleeping with a celestial bliss in those grey ashes,
which i had stashed safely within lock proof interiors
of my cherished safe.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111101 100110011101111 10001001011110101 1100110110010 01011010111010 1110011101 01001110110101011 11010011110 11100111001 1010100101101110 1111011001010 1111101010 11011011101 0111010 011101110 11011001111010 11110000111011 010001011 00100110110010 0111011011 111111011 11101111 111111110100010 111111011101 1010010101110 11111001110100 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,336 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8, 12 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 361 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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