Analysis of Flowing Souls



Flowing souls.
Incoming.
Passing
through.
Splashing,
crashing.
Kicking up
along the
way.
Spinning
eddies
forming.
For a
time taking
shape.
Spinning
till they’re
not.
Dissipates.
Flushing
out.
Moving
on.
Making
room
for the
next.
Flowing
souls.
Heading
out.
Destination,
who knows
where?
Unknown!


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Poetic Form Tetractys  (71%)
Metre 101 10 10 1 10 10 101 010 1 10 10 10 10 110 1 10 11 1 10 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 1 010 11 1 01
Characters 297
Words 60
Sentences 16
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 35
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 7
Words per line (avg) 1
Letters per stanza (avg) 234
Words per stanza (avg) 43
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John Prophet

John Prophet is considered by many in the literary community to be the Salvador Dalí of poetry. His rough-hewn unfettered style mimics the artist’s unconventional view of perceived reality. Prophet encourages (through the skeletal approach of his writings) the reader to focus on the individual meaning of each word, thus allowing its message to be front and center. Meaning that can be muted within sentences and paragraphs. This creates vividness otherwise hidden. The skeletal nature of his efforts also allows the reader to flesh out meaning based on the readers personal worldview. Thus, no two observers are reading the exact same creation. more…

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