Analysis of The Cleft Chin
The cleft chin
Dips perfectly into flesh
and so it exists
for pleasure
With its drip drop
of blood platelets
Recruiting the heart
It's springboard
Of tomorrows
The admiral
Of silent entrapment
cradles me close;
militarization
passing between
various parts
Of my ship wrecked body
during the most
Ominous or foreboding
Times of year
We set sail endlessly
crescent for moon
Guiding in and out
of piers and docks
Unanchored children
free floating
against the fight for time;
found in places
where we once got our digs
On board after hours
enjoying the memories
meeting at the bay
of pressed uniforms
Partial wave itself
Bobbing and weaving
Among stowaways and
mariners a like
who fight against
The current
of irresistability
With a rising tide in tow
Oh how it makes me feel so chic below the boardwalk
Of hollow cravings
Reaching a crescedo
during the festival of desire where we both become.
Scheme | AXXXXXB XXXCX AXXD XEXDXXX XEXXX XXXX XEXXXCBX XXBX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011 1100011 01101 110 1111 1110 01001 11 101 0100 110010 1011 1 1001 1001 111110 1001 1001010 111 111100 1011 10001 1101 110 110 010111 1010 1111101 111010 0100100 10101 1110 10101 10010 0110 10001 1101 010 11 1010101 111111110101 11010 1001 100100101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 918 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 4, 7, 5, 4, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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