Analysis of The Muse and the Whim
Within the safe, strong walls of the chest
Happens a prying prick, a constant nag
Like from the sword of an amateur fencer
This crude and dull, flashes of insight
Fancy a word here and a thought there
But the mind fights for a certain array
The journeyman that is within comes calling
The blade's hilt is tightly clasped from falling
Back and forth, the notorious wit does circus
This game of steel, takes no cue from precursor
Wide, the doors that open troves of sketches
A swordsman ought to treasure his focus
As calmness cloaks the drumbeats retreating
A shade of poise, paints this dancing.
| Scheme | XX AX AA BB CA XC BB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111101 1001010101 110111101 11011011 100110011 1011101001 0101101110 0111101110 101001001110 11111111010 1011101110 011110110 110101010 01111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 601 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
The verses were realized on a rather sultry afternoon under gleaming office lights.
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Written on March 24, 2022
Submitted by jimbssaabraham on March 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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