Analysis of In lieu of flowers



In lieu of flowers

I wonder about the stars in the sky
Long before the screen stole our eyes
Stories crimson campfire told
Ying and Yang and Young and old
I wonder about the deep blue sea
When we crawled out and learned to breathe
Evolutions flesh and stable bone
In animal skin We carved the stone
I wonder about the eternal wind
The birth of death and love and sin
Self righteous right
Self righteous wrong
War drum rhythm Angel song
I wonder about the sunburn blaze
City streets The soulless maze
Divinely pull the puppet string
Hive and drone and venom sting
I wonder about the pretty pain
The art it made A world insane
Hope and light in darkest dream
Hope and light yet to be seen
I wonder about the Heaven told
Where Hell is bought and
Hell is sold
Such Information twisted blade
Bleed for truth And Lies cascade
I wonder about a child’s chance
Stardust Moonlight Cosmic dance
Future Love or Future Hate
Still unwritten by surest fate
I wonder about my mental health
Open book or cunning stealth
In lieu of flowers Tears and words
In lieu of flowers Silence heard
I wonder about the poems end
I wonder and wonder
And wonder again
Thoughts are born
Thoughts they die
In lieu of flowers
A star filled sky


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Poetic Form
Metre 01110 1100101001 101011101 1010101 1010101 110010111 11110111 110101 010011101 1100100101 01110101 1101 1101 1110101 11001011 1010101 01010101 1010101 110010101 01110101 1010101 1011111 110010101 11110 111 1010101 1110101 11001011 11101 1011101 10101101 110011101 1011101 01110101 01110101 110010101 110010 01001 111 111 01110 0111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,212
Words 226
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 41
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 492
Words per stanza (avg) 113

About this poem

It’s very much a lyrical writing I usually do for my music I write. However it stands very well on it’s own.

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Written on March 20, 2024

Submitted by ennsjer on March 25, 2024

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Jeremy Enns

I’m a hobby musician and poetry writer. I really enjoy playing with music and words. Thanks for your time. more…

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