Analysis of Carnival Madness
Claudia Krizay 1956 (Washington DC)
Coins fall in a myriad of colors, as
Confetti thrown at a surprise party-
From a place that could be heaven
Listen:
None but a celebration- dancing waters
Rise and fall to the tune of shards of metal dancing upon a tin drum-
Drop a coin in a fountain, no matter how fluorescent the color.
My thoughts are muted, as
Cotton fills each hollow space inside my brain
A strange and inexplicable sensation it is-
I count backwards sixty five years-
A power struggle, it is, against the romances of nature
.
Every clock ticks as
Each hand, second by second advances, carrying me to the unknown?
Ashes to ashes, to hell or towards heaven,
I am enticed by this carnival madness.
Coins fall from where heaven could be.
I hear strange voices within a charnel house,
While discordant symphonies play on.
Pendulums sway, as metronomes beat,
While my night was sleepless-
I could never catch a handful of coins- no matter how colorful,
As they awkwardly fell from the sky.
I hold in memory every sleepless night
While carnivals continue to play
It doesn’t matter how colorful rainbows are,
Or how close I am to heaven-
Life is indeed a power struggle,
Against the romances of nature,
None but an eerie celebration…
Scheme | ABC CXXD AXXXD AXCE BXX XEFX XXXC FDC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001001101 0101100110 10111110 10 1100101010 101101111101001011 1010010110110010 111101 10111010111 010010001011 11101011 0101011010010110 1 100111 111011001010011001 101101110110 11011110010 11111011 1111001011 101010011 11111 111110 1110101111101100 111001101 110100100101 110001011 1110110011 11111110 110101010 010010110 11110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,203 |
Words | 216 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 10, 3, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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