Analysis of Stages



A tadpole wriggles, darts
beneath and through
a sparkling haze of bubbly
champagned water
babbling under glaze of sun,
steels itself to be ignored.
Softened but craving attention,
a kiss to turn it froggy,
it’s captured and licked,
tossed then aside,
swept then away to be
in anonymity and ubiquity
barely remembered.


Scheme ABCDEFEGHICCJ
Poetic Form
Metre 0111 0101 0101110 110 10010111 1011101 10110010 011111 11001 1101 110111 0010000100 10010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 325
Words 61
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 257
Words per stanza (avg) 52
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Hyunseo Allison Lee

My name is Hyunseo Allison Lee, a product of an interesting phenomenon. I have yet to attend high school in an English speaking country. But, I have been attending an international school in Korea and the almost required after-school-English programs since before I actually attended school. Needless to say, I have been immersed in English. My interesting status has not diminished my love of and for English. My love has become a burgeoning desire to weave words together to create something I humbly refer to as my poetry. And after accumulating a few pieces and throwing away many, I found myself seeking to share my art and self beyond the orbit of my friends, family, and teachers. I seek the validation that most authors strive for. As such, I have gulped several times and offer my soul(s) up for examination, preferably perusal and charity. Last year, one of my teachers told me I should appreciate my readers, and I do. Thank you for your time and effort. more…

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