Analysis of Strange Occurrences



Sitting in front of a display of knowledge
it is 1:00am, being the nightowl that I am
wait...I thought I heard something
suddenly, everything turns black
a moment of silence
pierced by a loud bang
I open the panels to the clear, night sky
still I am like the blind
there is a knock at the door
through the peephole her face illuminates
an angel's face
she smiled at me once on campus
such a comfort to see her again
though I am not scared
soon come flashing lights of red, blue,
and white on aligned pine trees
they flash as strobe lights
like a possible fastdance with death
in awe of these strange occurrences
I exchanged words with an angel


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST
Poetic Form Etheree  (40%)
Metre 10011001110 1111001111 111110 1001011 010110 11011 11001010111 111101 1101101 10101010 111 11111110 101011001 11111 11101111 0110111 11111 10100111 011110100 10111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 624
Words 123
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 513
Words per stanza (avg) 121
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Submitted on October 07, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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