Analysis of The Silences Between Thoughts
Jonathan D. Murray 1985 (Queens, New York)
I tried
strived to widen
the silences between
these deafening non-stop thoughts
I died
realized it's like rising from a dream
just temporarily
but for a while
I flied
| Scheme | ABCDAEFGA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (33%) |
| Metre | 11 1110 010001 1100111 11 101110101 10100 1101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 167 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
A butterfly cinquain that references Zhuangzi's butterfly dream. At times, having an overactive mind feels like a living nightmare. When I practice quieting those thoughts the silence reminds me of death but it also feels like waking up from the nightmare into another life. Like Zhuangzi, in this other life I am free - but only for a while. Eventually I must return to the dream.
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Written on November 28, 2022
Submitted by jonsnotes on December 30, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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