Analysis of In a Mason Jar
My soul lies
In a Mason Jar
On the table
Of a house cloaked
In whispers
I dream that
The rusty hatch
Might flip, that
At last I
Could flee
Perhaps the house,
Its shingles sinking
Heavy with moss
Into the rotting roof
Had a proud voice
But rain, snow and
Wind conspire, they
Tear and sway
And batter, until the
House is but a whisper
So in the thickening dark
Raindrops fall
And among these sounds
I sit
Suspended
In my Mason
Jar, I look through
Glass frosted
With warmth
With longing
My eyes, an eager
Pair of fireflies
Flutter their last
As all round me
The whispers roar
The wind tears paint
From the sunken walls
The bitter chill of autumn
Wrings screams from
The frail foggy windows
Cracked open like
A fallen bird's nest
Around me the wreckage
Of a wooden reality
Fleeting and Feeble
All is dust
When in the morning
The quiet dawn tells me
It was good to have been
In my Mason Jar
Scheme | ABCXX DXDXE XFXXX XGGXH XXXXI XXIXF HAXEX XXJJX XXXEC XFEXB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (46%) Etheree (34%) |
Metre | 111 00101 1010 1011 010 111 0101 111 111 11 0101 11010 1011 010101 1011 1110 10101 101 010010 111010 1001001 11 00111 11 010 0110 1111 110 11 110 11110 1110 1011 1111 0101 0111 10101 0101110 111 011010 1101 01011 011010 101010 10010 111 10010 010111 111111 01101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 836 |
Words | 170 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on March 17, 2014
Modified on March 15, 2023
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