Analysis of Be Broken
Dripping water
Marching tiny droplets
Fall into a cracked pot
They rise from falling
Then fall again
Meniscus never rising
For a weakened jar
can o so contain
That which the broken doth maintain.
An inch more,
An inch gone
"Work in futility?"
Maybe
Save the source!
"And
Deprive the soul
Of its need quencher,
Its panacea ?"
Maybe
Hasten the drops
Only a few more !
"Cause an avalanche ?
Then call the last glistening impatient droplet-
the infinitesimal grain
That tips the scale
Source of the great imbalance?"
"And Loosen that which gives integrity-
The remnant dignity of the weakened jar?"
"O Such a great imbalance…."
See you quenched it...
The flame of the smoldering wick
Pieces of pottery on the floor
Parts of the puzzle that won’t fit
If time gifts us chance again
Heal the jar-
Or let it be...
Scheme | axxbc bdeefxg Gx xxax Gxf xxexh gd h ix fi cdg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 101010 101011 11110 1101 11010 10101 11101 11010101 111 111 100100 10 101 0 0101 11110 1010 10 1001 10011 1110 110110001010 0001001 1101 1101010 0101110100 01010010101 1101010 1111 01101001 101100101 11010111 1111101 101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 833 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 2, 4, 3, 5, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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What I did at my lowest moment was to scribble these words for you...
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