Analysis of Lustre (collab with friend Dan Dewbre)



I remember the sound of it,
if I listen to the rain it paints me sheer,
an opalescence when I shone just for you

was there a time you noticed
tangled hair on your pillow
or how the light caught curtains
breeze stepping in to say hush

we were bathed in it,
exploring the intricate lines
and balance of it all

there was a finger of spine,
a vestige of thigh
and your lips
you left me colorless
faded from bloom

in satin seas
I danced figure eights,
flowing across alabaster
I was the zephyr
that whispered the secrets
of your purity

consciousness was lost
somewhere in sensual euphoria
like doves in silvered snow
we were stranded in each other
with only heat to melt us home

ivory dripped as pearls
rippled across the candescence
of impassioned crystals
and I harvested the promise of a sequel

each odd stanza is mine
each even is Dan's


Scheme AXX XBCX AXX DXXXX XXEEXX XXBEX XCXX DX
Poetic Form
Metre 10100111 11101011111 11111111 1101110 1011110 1101110 1100111 10101 01001001 010111 1101011 01011 011 111100 1011 0101 11101 1001100 11010 110010 11100 10011 101000100 11011 10100110 11011111 100111 100101 101010 011000101010 111011 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 804
Words 155
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 3, 5, 6, 5, 4, 2
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on July 25, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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