Analysis of Waltz Of Glass Stairways



Peeling away trembling layers
of a laughing moon,
the blind equator shaves off golden nuggets
like a man glides his woman
across icy floors in his waltz
of glass stairways.
I listen to moaning songs
like a crouching tiger runs in and out
of misty visions.
For I drown inside savage rhythm
of your sheltered soul
who creeps into violated hallways
and puts my growling spirit into a frenzy.


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Poetic Form
Metre 100110010 10101 01010111010 1011110 01101011 111 1101101 1010101001 11010 111011010 11101 110110001 011101001010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 376
Words 69
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 316
Words per stanza (avg) 69
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Kiki Stamatiou

Kiki Stamatiou hails from Kalamazoo, MI. She is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a BA degree in writing. Her book Dominica's Inferno was published under her pen name Joanna Maharis. It is available online thru www.publishamerica.com and www.barnesandnoble.com more…

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