Analysis of ethereal captivity
i want to be caught
in the middle of some lethargic European afternoon
by the time this reaches you.
and i want this to be the key that opens all doors
on either side of your hallway of shadows
you know, the one that will let sunlight sneak in through temporary slivers.
contemplating on the front porch rocking chair
how to open a chain letter from a friend forgotten
with the dullest knife
that will slice a violent line through the solitude of this town
i will not remember the gash of loneliness.
while revisiting that painful pull
of a necrotic umbilical cord
that connected me to never ending sources
of over-consumption, i will function
without it.
when i catch the breath of your stale scent
flying on the wings of some accidental breeze
i will believe
it was karmically sent to me
across lazy boundaries.
by the time this reaches you, i hope its grasp makes you want to cry
more importantly, i hope it is forgotten in time
and while making your way to the luscious garden outside
you will passively spy on slow-motion butterflies
and you will never want to catch them, you will not even try.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 00101101001001 1011101 0111110111011 110111111 1101111110110010 1001011101 11100110101010 10101 111010011010111 111010011100 101001101 10101001 101011101010 1100101110 011 111011111 10101110101 1101 111111 0110100 1011101111111111 10100111101001 01101110101011 111001111010 011101111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,075 |
Words | 200 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5, 5, 5, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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