Analysis of Moonbeams



 I love the way the moonbeams dance
upon the sullen water-
just like the curvature of your face
and the dolphin’s synchronized grace.
Tiny myriads of shimmering light
cascading and then fading.
They bounce from point of light
to point of light.
joining the night in it’s starlit flight.
Ideas flowing, deep in thought.
Answers to questions sought.
Wisdom from an age of old
you drink from the cup of sunlit gold.
Pondering these things you do embrace
that quiet, happy, contented place.


Scheme ABCCDEDDDFFGGCC
Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 1101011 0101010 110100111 0010101 10111001 0100110 111111 1111 100101101 01010101 101101 1011111 11101111 100111101 110100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 494
Words 93
Sentences 8
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 389
Words per stanza (avg) 83

About this poem

I wrote this poem one night staying up late before I went to bed. It was about a year after my wedding and we were living in an apartment on the third floor and I could look out over the apartment complex pool and lights. I was very contemplative about the future. Now I realize that time is not linear and we can tap into the universal mind of the universe to get answers to our deepest questions.

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Written on August 05, 1998

Submitted by jswei007aolcom on March 10, 2023

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Jennifer Anne Sweigart (Kohler)

I am a 52 year old nurse, mother and holistic explorer. I live in Pennsylvania with my 21 year old daughter and our furbaby Charlie the 97 pound Goldendoodle. I love learning about all things spiritual. I love Sedona Arizona and hope to live there one day. I believe that the Earth holds many treasures that we have yet to discover! I love reading, writing, traveling, being in nature, and spending time with those I love. more…

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