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 |
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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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