Analysis of APHONIC



breezes do not speak but
curl through bare trees.
hollow, they whisk
snow in its sleeping.

winter breezes cure,
cure normalcy so
we may swirl and
finish in silence.

finish. to finish our
breath peacefully,
cease suffering as
snow blankets, as it

sobs silently for spring.
winds that blow pale
long also for budding,
long also for pushing.

veins whisper in the leaf,
threads sewn by the jet
weep white in blue air.
breezes do not tell,

breezes do not speak.
they gently toss our hair,
make tears of our eyes,
tears of hollow eons.


Scheme XXXA XXXX XXXX AXAA XXBX XBXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 1111 1011 10110 10101 11001 1110 10010 1011010 1100 11001 11011 110011 1111 110110 110110 110001 11101 11011 10111 10111 1101101 111101 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 536
Words 115
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 70
Words per stanza (avg) 16

About this poem

I have no idea what this poem is really about nor why I felt compelled to jot it down.

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Written on December 09, 2023

Submitted by rainydayrex on December 10, 2023

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John Perry Thompson

Favorite cities where I have lived -- Atlanta, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, London, Paris and Amsterdam. Learned to surf in Huntington Beach, CA. Learned to SCUBA in Key West. more…

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