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
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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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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