Analysis of Dreadful Arms
In the night of the bitten soft moon,
Of summer's sweet warmth and spring's early bloom,
Awake under the moonlight
Told a base tuned tale,
Entwined on the river side,
A face rotting pale.
'Tis not merciful to bear the earrings of sorrow,
No'r the pleasing view, of the moon dyed yellow,
I sat under the trees
While the wind caressed my skin,
Drinking from my salty tears,
Stalked by the midnight grin.
And there she stood, the emerald maiden,
Of a lure she trapped on a steel forged heaven,
And I followed her, with no lust intended,
But of memories yearned, and rings rejected.
Hence her gown of kindness lured me in her arms,
Her heart of eve's tongue laid down her bars,
Biting my soul, with her teeth of harmony,
Dazing me forever in her passionate serenity.
For then came her Adam in Silver armor,
On his full white steed, snaring desire,
Away he swept her
From my oil hands,
Sparking her skin,
Igniting my flesh.
I was burnt from her distant body,
The funeral of my love buried with agony,
My eyes scorched from her naked face,
My tears loathed from her rapturous grace.
He sat by her side, as I watched from the abyss,
He held her arms, and hummed his tone on her lips,
How I wished I was her flower,
So she may hold me close,
How I ache to watch her with another,
And feel no remorse.
I weep that her heart does not belong to me,
And I swim forever in her uncharted sea,
Then I drown from silence
And cry from her songs,
Off I break by my patience,
And into her arms, I am lost.
I am plagued from my wishes to hold her hands,
They shall never come true; those dire plans,
I will always be fallen
For her vile charms,
And forever be welcomed
In her dreadful arms.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001101011 1101101101 011001 10111 0110101 01101 1110011010110 110101101110 111001 1010111 1011101 11011 011101010 10111101110 01100111010 11100101010 10111011001 011111101 10111011100 11010001000100 11101001010 1111110010 01110 1111 1001 01011 111101010 0100111101100 11110101 111101001 111011111001 11010111101 11111010 111111 1111101010 01101 11101110111 011010000101 111110 01101 1111110 00101111 11111101101 111011111 111110 1011 0010110 00101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,623 |
Words | 320 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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