Analysis of Day and Night



The beautiful daylight gathered up lightning,
a sure smile walked boldly across this face:
swept with pure freedom's delicate dance; fighting
joy for a place on clouds under cold space.

Sweet delight fashioned itself on wise grace
which roared fiery love along a wind; biting,
birds I watched as they folded wings to pace
down towards honeyed laughter; grins flew right in.

And Angels played their music in the air,
breath skipped a beat and caught a gorgeous squalling
of God's white sigh; structured with passion, care.

A vision appeared in chalk art's pure calling
that decorated the stones in a tear,
wonder caught sight of vast Heaven's rope; falling.

The nightly wonder consumed this cold being,
a sad fist of shade; broken with wide loss,
quick intricate sorrow laughed caution; feeling
fine wisps of mad thought wrapped in bitter moss.

Wild winds howled passion out towards dawn's gloss,
dark screams bounced along torture's heated breathing,
then red pain sought grief's beauty on the cross,
cool pleasure whips at the mind's gracious weeping.

And fear grinned mock concern which sparkled light
through the heart's beats that called for silent mooring
bliss; release from gaol's grey powerful might.

A roar of anguish slipped past tears' fast pouring,
brown teeth of desperation came to bite,
time would not again send whispered sighs touring.


Scheme ABAB BABX CAC ACA ADAD DADA EAE AEA
Poetic Form
Metre 0100110110 0111100111 11110100110 1101111011 1011001111 111001010110 1111110111 1011101110 0101110001 1101010101 1111101101 01001011110 110001001 10111110110 01010011110 0111110111 11001011010 1111110101 1111010111 1110111010 1111110101 11011011010 0111011101 10111111010 1011111001 01110111110 111010111 11101110110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,333
Words 223
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 137
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on September 20, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ian Sawicki

Ian Sawicki has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is a Manchester born poet, who has dedicated his life to exploration and composition of poetry. His work reflects the many great influential experiences of his life, the pain, the pleasure combined to create new exciting poetry. If anyone is interested in my books then please visit my lulu storefront. All artwork on these books is by my own hand. http://stores.lulu.com/chasingtheday more…

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