Analysis of The serenity of clouds



How cruel was the person who created clouds
Flaunting their serenity to all around
Then hiding the key to them for eternity
Prohibiting escape from mundane reality

They lied to us when they said that above
We could sit on them and see the sun
But that fantasy would end in irreversible death
Beautiful views, rugged last breaths

But despite knowing their true intentions
Why do I look at them for adventures
And imagine i’m there weightless on a cloud
With every human but me uncrowned

I don’t care that sitting there could be my death
Or the sun could burn irreversibly instead
Because sitting on them would make me feel weightless
So much so, I picture them knifeless
And think of not their malicious intent
But fixated on them helping me transcend


Scheme ABCC XXDX XXXB DXXAXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110101010101 10101001101 110011110100 01000110110 1111111101 111110101 1110011001001 10011011 1011011010 1111111010 00101110101 110010111 11111011111 10111010001 011011111110 11111011 0111101001 1101110101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 767
Words 145
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

It is about the stories that we were all told about clouds; how they were places were angles lived and people could sit and watch the sun set. But this poem twists that notion, and shows the reality of these seemingly beautiful, perfect clouds.

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Submitted by Aurelianova on June 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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