Analysis of Ghosts In The Mist
'Twas right before sunrise, early in the morn,
As I walked the foggy beach, a sense of the forlorn
The ocean rumbling, but perfectly timed,
And the sea, sky, and sand so beautifully rhymed
I was searching for meaning, peace from my sadness,
And a resolution to my mind's frenetic madness
My intention on this day, was to seek out gratitude,
For too long I had given myself endless latitude
To be bitter at the venomous, clinging to loss,
To keep my heart cold, covered by frost
Yet none of this resurrected those I miss,
An sent me deeper into a pensive abyss
So today was my day to start anew,
And with different glasses I would see the world through
I looked up from my thoughts, out at the sea,
And in the mist-laden waves, a vision came to me
Two diaphanous creatures carving waves through the water,
Who were these lone souls out in the fog at my altar?
I was transfixed by their beauty, by their athletic grace,
And in an instant, a tear streamed down my face
As they came up on the sand, these figures I knew,
Quickly they embraced and saw me in view
They walked towards me as I trembled all the while,
And I swear they both looked at me, nodded and smiled
I reached out for them, but they dissipated into ash,
And as ephemerally as they appeared, they were gone in a flash
On my knees weeping, one thing was clear,
Those men I loved would always be there.
Scheme | AA BB CC DD XX EE FF GG HH II FF XX JJ XX |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 1101110001 1110101011001 01010011001 00110111001 111011011110 0001011101010 1010111111110 111111011010 1110101001011 111111011 1111010111 111100101001 1011111101 0110010111011 1111111101 0001101010111 10100101011010 1011110011110 11011110110101 00110011111 111110111011 1010101101 110111110101 011111111001 1111111100011 0111101101001 111101111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,379 |
Words | 289 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
It's about the hope of an afterlife, and atonement for taking those closest to us for granted.
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Written on March 27, 2022
Submitted by sircharlenesir on May 05, 2022
Modified on April 13, 2023
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