Analysis of A Contradiction



Hear the wasps nearby buzzing
A little wave jumps up and down
A slight tremor I feel caress me
A word spoken but left unsound
Why must the heart beseech your honey?
Dear life, your sweets abound!
Why must my hands bemoan asunder?
Deep in your seas, I'm lost and found…
Hear her cut me with her tongue
A strange past so much confounds
A bad dream that he won't hear of
A faith I muddled and you denounced
Why must the heart bemuse this mind?
That always speaks with such a frown
Why must my hands befit me trouble?
Deep in me see, I'm left to drown…
Hear the mist thicken beyond us
A step taken and turned around
A door locked and yet all open
A poem writ of no account……..


Scheme ABCDCDEDFGHIJBKBLDMN
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Metre 1011110 01011101 011011011 01101101 110101110 111101 111101010 10111101 1011101 0111101 01111111 011100101 11010111 1111101 111101110 10111111 10110011 01100101 01101110 01011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 661
Words 133
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 523
Words per stanza (avg) 133
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Submitted on December 18, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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