Analysis of Aberrations
Illusions, delusions and hallucinations
distort reality as mind aberrations.
The "desert oases" are heat waves off the land:
optical illusions from "mirages" in sand.
Chromatic refraction cause skies to look blue:
spectrum color rays seem more apparent than true.
False canopied ceilings give dimensions to space:
boundary delusions of cosmology's place.
Sleight of hand in magic adroitly can deceive:
tricks with smoke and mirrors disguise what to believe.
Unfounded perceptions form in a deranged brain:
sense hallucinations are crazy or inane.
Mistaken impressions of people for hat racks
is a twisted sample the nervous system tracks.
Illusions, delusions and hallucinations
nullify rational life interpretations.
Scheme | AabbccddeeffggAa |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001000010 011011010 010010111101 100010101001 1111111 101011101011 1110101011 100010111 111010010101 111010011101 010010100011 10010110101 010010110111 101010010101 01001000010 1010010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 594 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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