Analysis of Only hearts seem to beat

J J 1980 (NC)



Even more so than my tears,
 my dilution runs free.
 This haste to get away from this scene,
 leaves me in this sub tranquil serene.
 I move as though I'm barely touching the ground,
 just like I do in my dreams,
 where it's so easy for me to walk weightless.
 To enjoy this fresh purchase of air.
 Breathlessness and fatigue has little effect on me.
 I don't understand why my memories hold such agony.
 Daily I witness my horizon as it lessens even further.
 My tears begin to obscure the remains of my vision.
 Makes my writing an arbitrary and diluted decision.
My only record of what's real.
 Seems my words will only uncover,
What I force upon them to conceal.


Scheme ABCCDEFGBBHIIJHJ
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111 101011 111101111 110111001 11111101001 1111011 11110111110 101111011 10011100111 11011110011100 10110101011101010 11011010011110 111011000010010 11001111 111110010 111011101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 651
Words 121
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 513
Words per stanza (avg) 121
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My friends call me JJ. I’m a word enthusiast. I enjoy the dance between adjectives, nouns and pronouns. I enjoy the rush of verbs, adverbs, and Intransitive verbs. I enjoy the metaphors that link worlds between figures of speech and Truthful dialogue. From disturbing acronyms to predicate adjectives. They keep my mind in this race of who is next on the totem pole of literature.is a face without a mouth, eyes without lids, ears without drums, and a brain without a mind. " please be kind and enjoy. Be mindful Not Malleable. more…

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