Analysis of Eye of Venus
Eye of Venus
Green is the eye of Venus, though now tightly shut.
Ancient music drums,
Trees viridian-hued.
The night has settled, dark as fear.
I rode a stallion-
Jet-black he was,
Against an array of foliage,
Emerald green,
Into the dead of night,
He rode.
Sleeping, I am?
Or am I living within some land of the surreal?
Lost within a valley,
I lie amongst tall reeds.
Rain showers down upon me.
Skies turn mauve, purplish-
No calm before this storm.
Struck by lightening,
Branches are fallen by the wind.
Upon awakening,
As day breaks,
The ancient music’s melody is arrested.
A sibilant voice whispers to me:
“Sleep amongst the dead,
And depart from the living.”
As I nonchalantly gaze at the rising sun,
I wave “goodbye” to Venus,
And as she falls behind the horizon,
She waves back at me, and winks at me,
While ancient music begins drumming again…
Scheme | A XXX XBXXXXX XX CXC XXDX DXXCXD BABCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 110111011101 10101 111 01110111 11010 1111 01101110 101 010111 11 1011 1111001111001 101010 110111 1101011 11110 110111 11100 10110101 010100 111 010101001010 0111011 10101 0011010 111010110101 111110 0111010010 111110111 11010011001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 868 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 7, 2, 3, 4, 6, 5 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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