Analysis of Hammered Gold



I consign this seed into the night
Of your womb to take ahold
There is no promise free of strife
Even pain can take the bold
But in this holy chorus that we sing
Our loins to intertwine
There are promises we now keep
These fleshly words sublime
He wants to quell the fight within
By never striking blows
He wants to crush each seed or kin
To never bud nor grow
Grow miracle forged with awe
Find purchase in her womb
Fight with soul that micro war
That wages ever new
Conflict a promise for all that thrives
Oh, this fight so old!
But in this fight: body, soul and mind
Explode like Hammered Gold


Scheme ABCBDEFGHIHJKLMNOBPB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 101110101 1111101 11110111 1011101 1011010111 1011001 11100111 11101 11110101 110101 11111111 110111 1100111 110001 111111 110101 100101111 11111 101110101 011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 576
Words 116
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 476
Words per stanza (avg) 116
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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