Analysis of The Hidden Maw of the Cosmos

Harrison Fried 2007 (Oklahoma City)



I yearn for the freedom of the open road,
the one not marked not paved by cobblestone.
but the one that the sun feeds
and the cold air breathes.
the one illuminated by stars,
that my ancestors used to navigate.
they say we'll live on mars,
and i doubted that until late
when i was reminded of the open road,
and the freedom that it borrows.

Under the purple gaping maw of the cosmos
that makes up my bone marrow
in late January nights
where my veins literally freeze
where my nightmares are voided by starlight,
and i suffer through the longest weeks
is when i most relate to the brown turned leaf
and their hunger for the suns plasma.
the open road appeals to me
and the freedom, the very last of
that which i can find under metal trees,
and the hidden maw of the cosmos


Scheme AXXXBCBCAX DXXEXXXXXXED
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010101 011111110 1011011 00111 01010011 11101110 111111 01101011 11101010101 00101110 100101011010 1111110 011001 11110001 11111011 011010101 11110110111 011010110 01010111 001001011 1111110101 001011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 773
Words 160
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 10, 12
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 306
Words per stanza (avg) 74

About this poem

this poem was written by me, just now on January 25, 2023, under the faded starlight of the city skyline in which I stare at often, wanting to be there.

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Written on January 25, 2023

Submitted by harrisonfried07 on January 26, 2023

Modified by harrisonfried07 on January 26, 2023

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Harrison Fried

Harrison Fried was born in Oklahoma in 2007, he knows not of many things but much of what he wants more…

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