Analysis of Calculate Me



A wineglass rose was set on
A smooth surface in the gulf
In spirals she overtook
In spirals it filled, engulfed.
I saw with some displeasure
That the tetrahedral feilds
Of cold flesh pink tranparencies
Unto the dark deep yeild.
Our maths are an invention
A world for our minds
So that we aren't so lost
Within a world without design.
Haphazardly as my blood may flow
Without the maps within my self
I still lament my brittle rose
On the Continental Shelf.

I feel my means are growing numb
For thinking I am just a sum.


Scheme XXXAXBBAXBXXXCBC DD
Poetic Form
Metre 011111 0110001 010101 0101101 1111010 100101 11111 100111 10111010 011101 1111011 01010101 100011111 01010111 11011101 100101 11111101 11011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 501
Words 97
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 16, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 208
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on April 11, 2023

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