Analysis of "concrete landscapes" a poem in free verse
On the sidewalk,
next to the vacant lot,
just past the black iron ornaments that sit in small yards of cattle bars.
I glance in the undisturbed forgotten,
looking down upon shiny patches of winter grass as I approach the landscape.
I become consumed with the greenery,
subtle waves of cars passing.
I look in the blasting white,
as of grapes that soothe the palette of awakening.
The sun is unforgiving to the loss of life.
In that moment of rapture I kick the small delicate leaves,
in the now endless lush uninhibited wintry grass.
A landscape unbelievable to the naked eye,
all the leaves were dead,
toasted like garlic blanched,
with virgin olive oil.
I looked at the trees to see if a leaf would fall.
Nonesuch, as they were green alive in the breeze.
The landscape turned to desert.
I came upon a dead tree.
The bark peeling the abyss,
of the branches from her kiss.
Had I enjoyed all the leaves from the dead tree?
Nonetheless, of hopes to wish of other loves that can't seem to break through the wall that I have stacked to the sky upon the sun?
I requite in solemn memories that are now placed on my empty lips.
The corner approached,
pines of the desert absorb the life of the unforgiving sun that had killed the innocent love,
across the street I walk to return to a meadow of dead summer grass,
still in the memory of her.
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Metre | 101 110101 110110100110111101 110001010 1010110101101110101 1010110100 1011110 1100101 1111101010100 011001010111 011011011011001 0011010100101 01010010101 10101 101101 110101 111011110111 11110101001 011110 1101011 0110001 1010101 11011011011 01111111011111110111111010101 11010100111111101 01001 110100101100010111101001 01011110110111101 10010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,306 |
Words | 247 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 29 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,056 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 247 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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