Analysis of Artistic Phenomena
Dawn saw another death; accidental,
fresh imagery roamed beads of cold sweat
as a paintbrush called to be passion-stroked,
extrasensory perception in dreams;
violent scenes assaulted sleep's warm comfort.
Eyes half-closed - colours scream for the canvas
to be wrapped in premonition's events,
supernatural speed strikes insanity
across the face of reason while nerves spin
adrenaline into webs of purpose -
artistic phenomena splashes me
while time stands idle in the room's corner,
terrifying the shadows that weave silk.
Her face still haunts visionary waters,
crushed with pressure's invisible wet hands,
and I wonder if it has happened yet
or it waits still at the curtains of life.
All I know is I must capture moments
before reality's cough removes them
from the mind's struggled gasps; dangerous wisps
which drive this body to madness - action.
Perhaps I could warn her not to walk on
the river's beautiful enticing banks,
but that is beyond possibility
for she's a stranger whose life merged with mine
within the great mystery of these days.
With a sigh stuttered from the back of tears
I proceed with the last scream she will leave;
twirls of bubbled panic as her spirit
waves goodbye to all the ambitions left
as footnotes in her diary's little world.
To wander along people's agony
is my curse since the reaper was cheated,
when my breath returned with a solemn cry,
I should have left earth when my heart gave way
all those moons ago now but here am I -
trapped in an eternal nightmare of souls,
only my solitude and oils to keep
the demons from the whispers which haunt me.
Scheme | XAXBXCXDXCDXX XXAXXXBXXXDXX XXXXXDXEXEXXD |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 110101010 110011111 101111101 010001001 10010101110 111111010 1110101 0100110100 0101110111 0100011110 0100100101 1111000110 10001111 011110010 1110010011 0110111101 1111101011 1111111010 0111011 1011011001 1111011010 0111101111 0101000101 111010100 1101011111 0101100111 101110111 1011011111 1110101010 111100101 11001101 1100110100 1111010110 1110110101 1111111111 1110111111 101010111 101100111 0101010111 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,551 |
Words | 274 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 13, 14 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 426 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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Submitted on August 14, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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