Analysis of Complexity



My life is only the preparation of the next

For what bears to whirl the winds

Within my passions left from in

To the daunting of my love

So reap my soul's desire

That I leave upon the fire

For you to determine

What else I should have done?


Scheme X X X X A A B B
Poetic Form
Metre 111100010101 1111101 01110110 1010111 1111010 11101010 111010 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 242
Words 50
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 24
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted on March 23, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Norman Wilson

IntroductionForgotten are the times the tick of a clock once chimed sobering sounds that caressed my hearts nightly dreams. As I awaken to the touch of light that burns upon a candles wick flickering my words for all to see. This drives my thoughts through the darkest of nights of loneliness that renders my quill upon parchment with ink that dances to minds and souls.Now I hear the screeching of my heart when the blue horizon covers the orb of emptiness.Within the shelter of my mind with little, purpose other than my words that keep me sane. These are my new poems I have written in the quiet of my night, forever wished away in a writer’s pain. As I strive to write that perfect poem that, my soul desperately seeks. Then and only then can my words rest upon a sleep. more…

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