Analysis of Cage
Stewart Monroe 1986 (Ashtabula, Ohio)
Just an exhibition in this torpid zoo,
Eager eyes to fill a hand with intent,
Fingers tap my cage, bang the glass, I weigh the things I lose against all of the best of time you've spent.
Just an exhibition in this silent show,
Pleading ears to fill a tongue with rage,
Hatred thrown, shattered glass, parquet, 'John McHale-esque' but nonetheless, just another cage.
Just an exhibition for the weak of mind,
Burning lips to set my soul aflame,
A thoughtlessness engulfed in a once-savored time, the absence of love creates no greater pain.
Scheme | XAA XBB XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001101 1011101101 101111011101110111011111 1101001101 101110111 10110101101110110101 1101010111 101111101 010100110101011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 544 |
Words | 104 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
This is about someone living with torment, and having to choose to live in silence as to not being the center of gossip and entertainment for others.
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Written on January 05, 2023
Submitted by j3sm714 on January 06, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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