Analysis of Grounding
Charlotte Cohen 1987 (London)
You're too alive in there, as you sleep,
facing shadows in the night.
Retreating you scream but no sound escapes.
You won't give up the fight.
They taunt you to forsake your peace,
For their own emptiness.
Gathering your ministering angels, you fend off harm, bidding it take flight.
Banish them all. Make them flee,
then seal the portal tight.
Like a raft in a storm catapulted you reach,
grasping for the surface.
Like a hunted thing, you daren't look back
as you scramble for a knife.
To arm yourself from what you flee as the
darkness behind recedes.
Though dawn harbouring safety,
breaks warm and bright, take heed:
To drop that weapon,
allow your blade to sink into the earth.
This battle's not yours to fight;
your soul awaits rebirth.
Earth wishes to speak now -
to claim it's rightful place:
"You've reached safety."
It holds you tight with its cool, calm embrace.
"Leave those demons behind you, down far away below.
This world has much need for you, to give, love and bestow.
Come now sink more deeply, into my safety net.
I'm grounding after all, I'm yours, to rest your weary head.
Breathe and rest your tired feet. I'll absorb the knocks and blows.
I'll shield you from the storm; forge your roots inside my hold.
The danger has passed. You can forget all the lightening and thunder.
When you're ready, open your eyes and embrace the impact of your strength with wonder...
Step forth and see what grows now from your act of love and courage;
A small shoot reaching bravely for fresh, new unbroken promise."
Scheme | XAXA XB ACA XBXX XXCX XDAD XECE FFXXXXG GXB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110101111 101001 0101111101 111101 11110111 111100 100110010111110111 1011111 110101 10100110011 101010 10101110111 1110101 1101111110 100101 11110 110111 11110 0111110101 1101111 110101 110111 111101 1110 1111111101 1110011110101 1111111111001 111110011101 11010111111101 10111011010101 1111011110111 01011110110100010 11101011001001111110 110111111111010 011101011101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,532 |
Words | 311 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 7, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on 2021
Submitted by Soulwriter on November 25, 2021
Modified by Soulwriter on November 30, 2021
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