Analysis of Sometimes...



Sometimes,
Nothing makes me feel more alive...
 Than, the stillness of the night
The conflicts within my being
Or, the struggles in my mind

Sometimes,
Nothing makes me feel more alive...
 Than, the silence that begins to settle
Amid, the absence of the light
Where irrelevant, the whole world is...
Simply out of sight

Sometimes, I long to hold...
The midnight hours that I own
And, which I need
To savor mere moments
Where my thoughts, surface...
From within the deepest, darkest keep

But, sometimes,
Nothing makes me feel more alive...
Than, when the washing slumbers begin
Unfolding, to its rival
My life, within the nexus of day's survival
And, the blackout finally ends


Scheme ABcxx ABdcxc xxxxxx aBxddx
Poetic Form
Metre 01 10111101 1010101 00101110 1010011 01 10111101 1010101110 01010101 101000111 10111 011111 0110111 0111 110110 11110 101010101 101 10111101 11010101 0101110 110101011010 0011001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 652
Words 114
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 131
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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