Analysis of Goddess Of The Dead
Ancient inhabitants roam death's wild screams
as extraordinary beauty; sighs
on lips which capture frenzied sanity
and wrap it into admiration's wisps,
collect mania's magical romance.
Another shiver scratches sensation
while cool sentimentality billows
in the mind's religious architecture.
Marble stucco revetments crash bold bricks
through love's curves; whispers of lime and lemon
in the fascination musical scenes
throw to winds of decorative eyes.
It's a concrete construction, existence,
trapped in a second's stretched simplicity,
and the façade crumbles, is whipped away
as anger's wide angles cough polite smiles.
Strong chords' flickers thread taut veins; blue as tears,
lacelike fabric gathers emotional
distress then fashion constellations' songs
into peace-quiet sections of purpose;
candles which quiver relaxation's light.
Scheme | ABCAXDXX XDXBXCXXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001001111 10100101 1111010100 0110111 01110001 0101010010 110010010 001010100 10101111 1111011010 000101001 11111001 1001010010 1001010100 0011101101 111101011 1110111111 110100100 011100101 0111010110 1011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 819 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 13 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 347 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on June 04, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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