Analysis of Circadian Zeitgebers



Down the street at the corner, the sodium
Streetlight casts an eerie-yellow glow on the sidewalk

Below, a feint hissing sound emanating from escaped
Gasses. Up the stairs, just a few feet away, I'm narrating
A sequence of myself carrying a large kettle filled with

Chili, my look confident, my shirt spattered with
Bubbling sauce, unseen are the remnants of the

Blast...blood-stained parts of a little boy's shoes, fallen

Off as he crawled home, not quite to the door.
Sleeplessness, a byproduct of artificial LED lighting,

Historians
Agreed

Where hand -held devices and
Computer screens disrupted tidal waves in our brains,
Leading to irrational decisions by our

Leaders, dooming
Civilizations not yet born,

New, 6-handed life forms were
Imported from other planets
Un-earthing gold and iridium, along

With relics from the 21st. century,
In an effort to more
Accurately erect memorials to a


Scheme XA XAB BC X DE XX XXF EX FXX XDC
Poetic Form
Metre 10110100100 11110101101 0101101100101 1010110110111 01011100011011 101110011101 100101101010 11110101110 1111111101 101001010110 0100 01 1110100 01010101010101 1010100010110 1010 0010111 110110 01011010 1110010001 110101100 011011 100001010010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 907
Words 151
Sentences 5
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

A dream channeling the attempt at daily life amidst violent stress in numerous Countries around the world.

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Written on November 28, 2014

Submitted by jmarshallgoff on September 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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