Analysis of Sedative's Seduction



Time's an analgesic that slips in veins,
high wire situations forever crash,
now I've hit the crazy breakers on shore,
and all that is found is another door,
closed, I open the sky's scars to wild cries,
null and void, life's a crutch, I want to fly.

Crystalline powder makes love to sweet pain,
I'll need to manufacture some cold cash,
once you let in the magic, there's no cure
for you'll get used to its tattered decor,
a whirlwind in between truth and dark lies,
blown through emotions while waiting to die.

You'd better turn the other way tonight,
I'm going to shatter the face of midnight,
there's a million lines and all of them white,
this time I am going to get it right,
a sedative's seduction has a bite
of imagination - I see the light.

Stuff your pity that swirls in the brain's drain,
wave goodbye to me as I make a splash,
don't shed a tear as I cackle and soar,
just smile as my dead body hits the floor,
another fool who thought he was streetwise,
another captive of heroin's sigh.


Scheme XABBCD EAXBCD FFFFFF EABBCD
Poetic Form
Metre 110101101 1100100101 1110101011 0111110101 1110011111 1011011111 101011111 111010111 1110010111 1111111001 010011011 1101011011 1101010101 1101100111 1010101111 1111101111 01010101 100101101 1110110011 111111101 1101111001 1111110101 010111111 0101011001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 975
Words 187
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 193
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Submitted on June 04, 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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