Analysis of One Drop
Like an eerie peacefulness
riding on the skirt of turbulence
within the eye of a storm,
there is a lull
that goes unnoticed.
I hear it as I stand amidst the crowd.
It’s deafening silence plays like a symphony.
Yet not many can sense it.
I watch shadows of encapsulated figures.
People shelled in human bodies
yet lacking a quality,
a depth,
such as that which differentiates
flat from three dimensional.
Emotionless.
Motionless.
A slight stirring in crowd
only becomes visible
when the trading post opens.
A stock market
where hearts and compassion
are exchanged
for what is considered
a fair price in today’s economy.
Begins the swapping of integrity
for a valued commodity,
perhaps a bigger piece of the pie
or a token to advance a few steps up
on the ladder of success.
There’s bartering.
A soul for a man made dollar.
Once transactions have completed,
again the silence.
I warn them.
“The eye of the storm is above us!”
But the faces only stare back
through glazed eyes.
The wind will soon be picking up.
Will it be forceful enough
to push these creatures
off the line of status quo?
Or will they not even feel a breeze?
Is it only in the black of night
that they will first begin
searching for light?
Perhaps they are waiting
for multitudes to start bleeding
before acknowledging
that there is blood.
They stand somewhere
between silence and noise,
contributing to neither.
In a state of nothingness.
Unaware that bleeding begins
with one drop.
Scheme | ABXCXDEXFGEXXCAADCXXXXXEEEXHXIJKBXAXX HXFXGLXLIIIKXXJAXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 1110100 101011100 0101101 1101 11010 1111110101 110010110100 1110111 1111010010 10101010 1100100 01 11110010 1110100 1 100 011001 1001100 1010110 0110 110010 101 111010 0110010100 0101010100 10100100 010101101 10101010111 1010101 1100 01101110 10101010 01010 111 011011011 10101011 111 01111101 1111001 11110 1011101 111110101 111000111 111101 1011 011110 1101110 010100 1111 111 011001 0100110 0011100 0111001 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,496 |
Words | 297 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 37, 18 |
Lines Amount | 55 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 580 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 127 |
About this poem
It’s disheartening to see that in today’s world many will trade values, integrity and truth in order for monetary gain. At some point they may realize their missteps, but then it’s too late.
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Written on March 17, 2012
Submitted by Giselavigil on December 21, 2023
Modified by Giselavigil on December 28, 2023
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