Analysis of The Glass Jar
The Glass Jar
The cylinder had a mysterious appeal
and my arm dove in, up to the elbow
Searching for the most exquisite piece
to delight the most basic of senses
The one with the worst consequences
like tooth decay or mortal sin
Reflections of color through the glass
presented such a trivial task
Asking for the time working for the dime
to the drag of a numbing mind
Seeking satisfaction of an unfulfilling kind
lost in the sensation of powerlessness
Temptation of the visual scene comes
insidiously to the point of obsession
Claiming all the different points of view
to the mask of all perception and yet
unwilling to release the hold and not
be lost, is that this jar is missing it’s lid …
“Every object, every being,
Is a jar full of delight.” _Rumi
Scheme | XXXXXXX XXABBX XXXXXX XA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011 010010010001 011101101 101011001 1010110110 01101100 11011101 010110101 010101001 1010110101 10110101 100101111 10001011000 0101010011 11011010 1010100111 1011101001 0101010101 11111111011 1001010010 10111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
Simply put, it is about our desires which can be extreme and my ending's, I try to surprise my reader.
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Written on July 14, 2018
Submitted by PaulParker on July 16, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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