Analysis of Confessions
I am a jungle of "I love you"s
impossible to sort through
Complex twisting vines
green and fresh, and everlasting.
I am more than a mountain range.
My woes and ecstasies so ridiculously vivid
they're called colors.
I am the uneaten half of your sandwich,
and the freckles on your cheeks
deepening with the sweet nourishment
of your sunshine smile.
I am thick, brown, squelching mud and
a bright white towel at the end of a
scalding shower.
I am a peanut butter milkshake,
toothpaste,
and the lingering aroma of memories.
I am an iridescent soap bubble
floating merrily along to the musical
beating of your pitter, patter, nervous clatter heart.
I am the speed of light.
I am sunshine and rainclouds
and hail.
and sleet.
and freezing slush when your toes just can't bear the cold.
I am the knots in your back
and the feeling
in the pit of your stomach
just before the rollercoaster
d
r
o
p
s
.
I am failure more hopeless than the nightmares you don't dare to dream.
I am louder than the voice inside your head,
fresher than the fresh sheets on your bed,
and whiter than bleach.
I am confident
and scared.
I'm in your elbows, thumbs,
and hair.
But more than anything
I am the reasons for this ever-beating heart
and these ever-inhaling lungs.
good morning sunshine,
it's a beautiful life.
Scheme | AXXB XXX XXCX XXD XXX EEF X AXXX XBXDGXXGX X HHX CX XX BFX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101111 0100111 10101 1010010 11110101 110110100010 1110 110111110 0010111 100101100 1111 11111010 0111010110 1010 11010101 1 001000101100 111010110 101000110100 101111010101 110111 11101 01 01 010111111101 1101011 0010 0011110 1010100 1 1 1 1 1 1 111011010111111 11101010111 101011111 01011 11100 01 10111 01 11110 110101110101 01100101 1101 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,239 |
Words | 231 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 1, 4, 10, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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