Analysis of The Last Metaphor
The last metaphor died today,
a final flutter of verbal plumage
made barely a semantic shudder of sound
as it struggled to bridge the gap
from abstract
to concrete
In death we wondered
what enthralled our eager mouths to water
at this pathetic peacock
this appalling avian suggestion
we hunted with such zeal
And as we stood and stared
- as the blood trickle slowed
and eyes of glittering obsidian
now cool to sickly jet -
at the last metaphor
dead at our hands
all wonder turns to horror
and beauty's veil is torn away
to reveal reality's horror
a feast devoid of flavor
Scheme | AXXXXX XBXCX XXCXXXBABB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01100101 0101011010 11000101011 11101101 101 101 01110 10110101110 110101 1010100010 110111 011101 101101 0111000100 111101 101100 11101 1101110 0111101 101110 0101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 630 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 10 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Written on November 02, 2021
Submitted by lameinsane on November 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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