Analysis of Open Eyes
A rusty nail on the sidewalk,
A discarded bottle on the curb.
The streets are empty, the sky gray,
The buildings loom like tombstones.
A lone pigeon pecks at a crust,
A stray cat slinks through the alleys.
A breeze stirs the trash and debris,
Whispers secrets to the empty streets.
A forgotten glove, a torn poster,
Memories of lives once lived.
A city asleep, or maybe dead,
A symphony of decay and neglect.
Yet still, there's a glimmer of hope,
A flower pushing through the crack.
A ray of sun piercing the clouds,
A reminder that life persists, persists.
So let us walk with open eyes,
And see the beauty in the bleak.
For in this urban wasteland,
There's poetry to be found if we seek.
Scheme | XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 0101101 001010101 01110011 010111 01101101 01111010 01101001 101010101 001010110 1001111 010011101 0100101001 11101011 01010101 01111001 0010110101 11111101 01010001 101101 1100111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 693 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
I was reminded of a famous filmmaker who said "an artist doesn't avert their eyes." Open eyes is about just that: open eyes.
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