Analysis of Attraction
Joseph Scott Thomas 1984 (Tucson, AZ)
I’ve been wandering the midnight sea
for it seems eternity
Rudderless, resigned to fate
How much longer must I wait
A jewel of blue, here’s something new
With gravity I’m drawn to you
Love at first sight must be true
Because I know I’d die for you
Your body pulls my frozen heart
Moving to the light from dark
Accelerating towards the mark
The fireworks are about to start
My corona flares to life
to free me from the ice eternally
Within me lie the tiny seeds
To kindle life within your seas
Oh how the friction causes heat
Yeah your liquid warmth wraps around me
Yeah I could stay here for eternity
Yeah the gift of life when bodies meet
Scheme | AABB CCCC DEED XAXX FAAF |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11100011 1110100 1000111 1110111 010111101 11001111 1111111 01111111 11011101 1010111 01000101 0110111 1010111 1111010100 01110101 11010111 11010101 111011011 1111110100 101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 634 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This poem is intended to have two interpretations. One is of a comet plunging into an Ocean on Earth seeding life. The other is sexual.
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Written on 2016
Submitted by josepht.55248 on October 31, 2021
Modified on March 19, 2023
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