Analysis of 'til The Philosophy
For days we mount white stallion,
going westward,
far from the black stone path
The beast pants,
but carry on
with fire in its eyes
New shoots down-trodden in the channel
I taste the straps on forerunners
deep beyond their dermis,
way pass the dark transgression
we obtained,
yet we hold this sin so dear;
a real peril to the end
I felt wind urging hoofs,
and heard the soil of a mother
calling from soles;
support for imperials
Mattocks pulled new soil
to conceal the cries
If philosophy changes,
there’ll be songs I’ll never sing,
but for now I’ll walk streets eastward,
and survey scuffles
while watching my reflections
on dark footprints
In hope the hoofs are hushed
I’ll lay me down
on fertile bed,
whence I will seep along common path
unto all taste buds
The earth will carry me,
as thick as blood
Scheme | ABCDXEX XXAXXX XXXDXE XXBXXX XXXCXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 1010 110111 011 1101 110011 111100010 1101110 101110 1101010 101 1111111 0110101 111101 01011010 1011 0111 10111 10101 1010010 1111101 11111110 00110 1101010 111 010111 1111 1101 111101101 10111 011101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 780 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 6, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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