Analysis of Bulb Photography (Seven Capricious Hours)
Bulb Photography (Seven Capricious Hours)
By Xiaoyuan Yin
【Streams】
Just wait for the marshmallow to melt…
Foggy murmurs, derive from retrograde of its shimmering fibers
While gutted and cleansed body of water, suede-soft, close to 0°C, is frothing lilac silk
(Waves have been appeased by time itself. Soaked evenly in pearly luster, it becomes a jelly where algae are locked in)
【Expose the streams to light now】
They MIX. The coloration of liquids is a process with heat release
Dye the haze and make it full-bodied, somewhat satiny
And a little more showy and sensual. Here are cyan and royal green…
Neon-lit switchback roads running zigzag afar--
They have formed the leaf veins of earth
(Maybe you were seeking for streaks of meteors or fireworks at first)
【Wash out all but light within one certain speed interval】
Sweep off those shadows passing by so swift, those bouncing, twirling, shifting ones…
Abandon the habit of haste. Those words, when you heard them, were right there in the wind, tinkling
Like a mouthful of smoke lingering around. Before you remember to stop for the latter half of the sentence
You have stepped out of bounds.
Scheme | AB XXAXB XXBXXX X XXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101001001010 111 1 11101011 1010011101110010 1100110110111111111 111011101110001010101010110110 0101111 1100101101011101 101011110111 0010110010011010101 10111101001 11101111 1010101111001111 11111011101100 11111011111010101 01001011111111011001100 101111000101101011101011010 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,149 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 6, 1, 5 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 48 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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