Analysis of "paralyze"



Through the fog,
my cape of wings,
envelop cloak,
on mushrooms.

Between stark,
white knight to black,
I lay parasol,
cat eye glow.

Falling on,
crashing that star,
on nothing kings,
that crown name.

In murky,
siren thunder,
I wish for it,
to go away.

Wash me down,
spiral down drain,
crumble paper,
afire burning.

As I scream,
onto covet,
memories bled,
flown insane.


Scheme XAXX XXBB XXAX XCXX XDCX XXXD
Poetic Form
Metre 101 1111 0101 110 011 1111 111 111 101 1011 1101 111 010 1010 1111 1101 111 1011 1010 0110 111 1010 1001 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 343
Words 64
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 47
Words per stanza (avg) 11
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Steven Louis Chapman

Steven was adopted, his biological father was an English professor who had an affair with a student. Writing poetry is an outlet for his expression of love. A hopeless romantic in search of his soul mate. (it changes from now and then) He hopes to capture the girl of his dreams through poetry. Visit my blog at http://thedailypoetrss.blogspot.com/ for the latest up to date poems. more…

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