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
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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