Analysis of Illusions
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
We're all chasing illusions,
Hoping to catch the slippery dreams
That dance before our eyes,
Elusive and tantalizing.
We lovers, dreamers, and artists
Are particularly susceptible
To the glamorous call of the illusion,
The promise of something more.
We know it's not real,
But we can't help being inspired,
Transported to another world
By the mere suggestion of it.
Maybe it's the promise of love,
The idea that someone out there
Is waiting for us,
That we're not alone in this vast universe.
Maybe it's the dream of success,
The vision of ourselves as great artists,
The hope that we can create something
That resonates with others.
Whatever it is, we can't escape it,
The pull of the illusion,
The siren song that beckons us forward,
Whispering promises we can't resist.
And so we follow it,
Our hearts racing with excitement,
Our souls ablaze with passion,
Compelled by the possibility of something greater.
And when we make that connection,
When we finally catch a glimpse
Of the beauty that lies just beyond our reach,
We're unstoppable.
It's like a floodgate opening,
A rush of creative energy and inspiration,
A deluge of emotion and feeling,
Overflowing into the world.
We write beautiful songs,
We paint masterpiece after masterpiece,
We tell stories that touch people's hearts,
And we achieve things we never thought possible.
Yes, the illusion can be dangerous,
Seducing us with its false promises,
Leading us down paths that are not meant for us.
But for those who are meant to follow it,
For those whose hearts are open,
There's no escaping it.
We're pulled forward by the siren's song,
Our eyes fixed on the horizon,
Our hearts full of hope and possibility,
As we chase our dreams into the unknown.
Scheme | XXXA BCDX XEFG XXHX XBAX GDEX GXDX DXXC ADAF XXXC HXH GDG XDXX |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (28%) |
Metre | 1110010 101101001 1101101 0100100 11010010 110000100 10100110010 0101101 11111 111110010 01010101 10101011 10101011 00101111 11011 1110101110 10101101 01010011110 011110110 110110 101111011 0110010 0101110110 1001001101 011101 101101010 10101110 0110010011010 01111010 11100101 101011101101 10100 1101100 0110101000010 0101010010 1000101 111001 11101010 111011101 010111101100 1001011100 0101111100 10111111111 1111111101 1111110 110101 11101011 101110010 10111100100 11110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,724 |
Words | 345 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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