Analysis of 12:52AM (Inspired by Migdalia Burgoin)



I wrote the first one at age 16, shortly after I started writing poetry. The second piece was done just before this was posted, about three years later.

Late at night
I close my eyes
And not before long
I soon realize
Tonight I won't sleep
Nonstop my mind flies
I want some release
But I don't want goodbyes
I thought I had no problems
Well now I'm not so sure
Because at Twelve fifty-two AM
I'm just looking for a cure
Don't know where it is
Everything is all a blur
And blurry it shall stay
Until the next time I see her

(Written on November 16, 2009)

As this night begins to age
I attempt to drop my thoughts
But within the time allotted
I'm a fool for what I've fought
Rest won't ever come for me
On this slow round of the clock
For when the morning comes
My thoughts, once more, will mock
It's never been this onerous
To keep my thoughts so pure
But now it's three fifty-two AM
And I still haven't found the cure
For within the time allotted
It's all been one big blur
My heart, just a pathetic mess
On it's way to finding to her

(Written on September 5, 2012)


Scheme A XBXBXBXBCDEDXAXA A XXFXXGCGXDEDFAXA A
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111010110101000101111011110011110 111 1111 01011 1110 01111 1111 11101 11111 1111110 111111 01111011 1110101 11111 101101 010111 01011110 101010 1110111 1011111 10101010 1011111 1110111 1111101 110101 111111 11011100 111111 11111011 01110101 10101010 111111 11100101 11111010 101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,031
Words 210
Sentences 3
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 16, 1, 16, 1
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted on September 18, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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