Analysis of In The Vortex Of Silence



A composition's rhythm wanders thought
while stars undress themselves of bright light: taut
history - a spiralled steady onslaught
towards melancholy eyes; watered hues,
emerald earth and rippled seas of blue,
in madness, a poetic amber's sought.

As cold loneliness strangles solitude
elevated imagination's viewed -
suggestive simplicity is subdued
by visionary manuscripts of time
that search in anguish for a fairer clime,
this heart and soul are in an endless feud.

Dark substance twirls form on its fingertips,
notions embalm the mind's ghostly transcripts
and in the vortex of silence; pursed lips,
colour stretches across beautiful sighs,
weariness balances truth and sweet lies
then slips to the realm of a dream's eclipse.

Handwritten scrawls of ragged quality
dance through reflection's disturbed poetry,
here within the night a spirit brusquely
chimes the hour's musical departure -
as pain stalks the wild shadows of pleasure
the dawn sprinkles feathered anxiety.


Scheme AAAXXA BBBCCB DXDEED FFFGGF
Poetic Form
Metre 0110101 1101011111 10001101 011001101 101010111 0100010101 11100110 10011 0100100101 11001011 1101010101 1101101101 110111110 100101101 0001011011 110011001 1001001011 1110110101 101110100 11101100 1010101010 1010100010 111011110 0110100100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 952
Words 149
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 201
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on December 02, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ian Sawicki

Ian Sawicki has been writing poetry for over twenty years. He is a Manchester born poet, who has dedicated his life to exploration and composition of poetry. His work reflects the many great influential experiences of his life, the pain, the pleasure combined to create new exciting poetry. If anyone is interested in my books then please visit my lulu storefront. All artwork on these books is by my own hand. http://stores.lulu.com/chasingtheday more…

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