Analysis of Dan's Journey or adventuring into the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society
The warrior walked...
Walked an uncertain path
...in transit...
Every encounter a stone stepped tenuously clinging
To the abdominal cliff
That led to the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society.
The warrior talked...
Talked of psychological math
...in transition...
Every word divided by subtracting common sense
From the multiple decisions
Adding to the verbal menace below the underbelly of society.
The warrior balked...
Balked at the pharmacological need
...in transmission...
Every crime perpetrated by intoxication
In his client's cycle of descent
Pitched into the precipice below the underbelly of society.
The warrior cocked...
Cocked and loaded his intellectual weapon
...with ammunition...
Every volley felling a reflected enemy
In an ethereal mirror
Parallel images that surface below the underbelly of society.
The warrior mocked...
Mocked the multitudes that rose to replace
...in transmunition...
Every thought in the progression of recovery
Removing obstacles
Laughing madly into the face below the underbelly of society.
The warrior walked...
Walked with his prodigy to a place
...in transit...
Every step a seed of hope growing
To a tangible way
Out of the sweaty crevice below the underbelly of society.
Scheme | AbCdxe abfxxe axffxe gffexe ghfexe AhCdxe |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001 110101 010 100010011110 1001001 1110101001010010100 01001 1101001 0010 10010101010101 10100010 1010101001010010100 01001 110001001 0010 100110010010 011010101 101010001010010100 01001 10101010010 1010 10010100010100 01010010 1010011001010010100 01001 10101111 01 1001000101010 010100 1010010101010010100 01001 111100101 010 1001011110 101001 110101001010010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,246 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
A friend who is also a caregiver would describe his commute to work with a client who has mental health and substance abuse issues and lived in the inner city, as traveling through the underbelly of society. I imagined a place even darker. In this poem I completely made up a word just to keep a thing going. Is that cheating?
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Written on 2013
Submitted by Billigami on November 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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