Analysis of Dragonfly Days
Nothing escapes fates fitful eye
in bringing down your joy in waves
that twirl around controlling signs
of gleeful hint or smugness felt
Care be affront of your clear mind
and only sips be taken thus
from passions overflowing cup
that placed a blindfold tightly bound
And so the summer blessed your brow
amid the buds and smells that fuse
a fateful longing for the sun
with baying calmness you relent
Dragonfly days of yesteryear
returning as the bluebells sway
invades a dreamlike moment brought
while serpents wind around your neck
The darkness comes as fangs take bite
you twist and jerk in spasm thrown
into the dirt beneath you lie
condemned for taking in the view
| Scheme | AXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10011101 01011101 11010101 11011101 11011111 01011101 1101001 1101101 01010111 01010111 01010101 11010101 11110 0101011 0101101 11010111 01011111 11010101 01010111 01110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 684 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on August 23, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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