Analysis of Disconnected



The wind whispered secrets
As the waves crashed,
A symphony of forgotten words.
But I was deafened
By the thunderous silence,
And my pen fell from my hand,
No longer able to translate
The ancient echoes.

Lost in the vast expanse,
I stumbled upon
Fragments of memories,
Shattered like seashells
On the shore.
Each piece,
A whispered confession,
Too fragile to hold.

The saltwater air
Wrapped around me,
Kisses from the sea,
Beckoning me to dive into the depths,
To succumb
To the weightless embrace.
But fear clung to me like barnacles,
Refusing to let go.

I yearned to be the shoreline,
A boundary between realms,
Forever in flux.
But instead,
I was a discarded anchor,
Buried in the sand,
A relic
Of forgotten dreams.

The seagulls
Sang their mournful hymns,
While the sun
Dipped below the horizon.
And I, too, let go,
Unraveling like the tide,
Becoming one
With the vast unknown.


Scheme XAXAXBXX XXXXXXCX XDDXXXEF XXXXXBXX EXCCFXCX
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Tetractys  (38%)
Metre 011010 1011 010010101 1111 1010010 0111111 11010101 01010 100101 11001 101100 1011 101 11 010010 11011 0101 1011 10101 1001110101 101 101001 111111100 010111 111101 0100011 01001 101 11001010 10001 010 10101 01 11101 101 1010010 01111 0100101 0101 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 896
Words 195
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 8
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 139
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Written on June 28, 2023

Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 28, 2023

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Joe Strickland

Writer from South Carolina. Recently signed first publishing contract and is waiting for release date of first collection of poetry. I've never written a poem while completely sober. You can follow me on Twitter/X @JoeStricklandAU more…

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