Analysis of 1000000
Otis Cotton 1983 (HARLEM NY)
A million thoughts flowing through
My head
Pieces of conversation sound
Often from my perspective
Ears tuned high
Like a doberman
Alert to the presence of that
Which always was
Which always is
I let you into my space
I granted you access into my orbital
Being
Now
We shift the energy
Clean the palate
Rinse the mouth
Spit, and Spit, and SPit
Spit until the taste of shit leaves
Your Mouth
Your mouth is the fastest way to get it out
Intestines have processes
And as such
Follow divine order
But your mouth
Will get there.
Denounce what was once in there
Ingest new energies while investing in your destiny. YOU SHOWED YOURSELF
As you could no longer Hide Yourself
Exposing darkness
to the only force
strong enough to overtake it
Light.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRPSTUVPWWXXYZQ1 |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101101 11 1010101 1011010 111 10100 01101011 111 111 1110111 11011011100 10 1 110100 1010 101 10101 10101111 11 11101011111 0101100 011 100110 111 111 0111101 0111001010011001101 111110101 01010 10101 1011101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 713 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 32 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 598 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 134 |
About this poem
In a world of 1000000 voices, we find alignment in our own
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Written on August 04, 2021
Submitted by itsotiscotton on August 04, 2021
Modified on April 06, 2023
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