Analysis of Mind-altering Experience



Love’s no cheap souvenir to cast aside,
So, proceed no longer blind.

Dreams quell each turbulent tide,
Let us leave melancholy behind.

Be understated, forget false pride,
Some good in everyone find.

Do not let little things ride.
One taps one’s subconscious mind.

Good fortune and faith abide.
Life’s opulent tapestry will unwind.


Scheme AB AB AB AB AB
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 111011101 1011101 1111001 11110001 11000111 110101 1111011 1110101 1100101 1100100101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 327
Words 53
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted by mcwarren on February 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Melita Catalina Warren

I am a senior citizen, visual artist, and inspirational poet. My spiritual quest to know Jesus Christ intimately relates to many of my rhymes. However, I also write romantic rhymes and rhymes drawing from other topics. One of my goals is to illustrate my rhymes with my original drawings. more…

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