Analysis of An Offering to a Goddess
In thine eyes is peace
Burdened with solitude
In thine smile is joy
Muddled by loss
How many things are tinged with grief?
How much is hidden by sadness?
When they say that there is beauty in pain, surely they mean you
And if there is no love without loss, what must I lose to gain your affections?
I cannot offer peace
I can try to bring you joy
But I fear I am all pain
And my beauty has left me behind
Grief is my name
And sadness is my mistress
Yet your smile weakens my blackened heart
Flowers grow from the cracks in my soul
What to offer the burning of your sunshine?
What can I sacrifice to the crushing calm of your oceans?
I offer my company
A sword through your solitude
I will carry your burden
To lighten your loss
For if I must drown
I would do so for you
If I am buried alive under the weight of our sins
I will do so for you
Oh! To see you smile
To hear your laugh
It is worth a thousand sorrows
And while your beauty causes me nothing but pain
I walk on this bed of nails for you
A sunflower amongst roses, my love
You stand alone
But I bask in your shadow
In the hope that you will mourn at my grave
And I’ll wither away
In joy at the last sight of your face
Scheme | AB CD XE FG ACHX XE XX XG XBXD XF XF XXX HF XXXX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111 10110 01111 1011 11011111 11110110 111111100110111 0111110111111111010 110101 1111111 1111111 011011101 1111 0101110 111101101 101101011 1110010111 11110101011110 1101100 011110 1110110 11011 11111 111111 111100110011101 111111 11111 1111 11101010 011101011011 111111111 010011011 1101 111011 0011111111 011001 011011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,194 |
Words | 263 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
A sapphic love poem written in traditional format, heavy with imagery.
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Written on 2020
Submitted by ShyDiaz on November 19, 2021
Modified on March 30, 2023
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