Analysis of The Dust of Oblivion



In the slithering cloudy winter
My window bends to the ground
Absorbs the coldness of the stone
In the laborious winter
Lightning strikes the turbulent sea
And the moon above the clouds
Stares as a grim eagle
In the bitter light of the lantern
I see your face
*
Sparrows harden and fall
In their cyclical trajectory
They dance with the coldness face
And wink to icy stars
*
In the hidden road
Dreams settle in craters
Souls pass like a breeze
*
A loud voice shrieks
Winter … winter …
The hamlet citizens long gone
Or were hanged
On the cross of remembrance
*
As drifting storms of winter
Old echoes blow through me
If you are an angel
Clap your wings
If you are a light brought by the breeze
The elk will dance
The steppe will wriggle
Hearts will clench
*
The dust of oblivion
Will cover the mirror of absence
And you are not here...
But sorrow will keep a face
On the water surface
And the memory will remain
Hidden in the stone
*
E.T.


Scheme ABCADEFGH IDHJ KLM NAOPQ ADFRMSFT UQVHWXC Y
Poetic Form
Metre 001001010 1101101 01010101 00010010 10101001 0010101 110110 001011010 1111 1 101001 011000100 1110101 011101 1 00101 110010 11101 1 0111 1010 01010011 101 1011010 1 1101110 110111 111110 111 111011101 0111 01110 111 1 0110100 110010110 01111 1101101 101010 00100101 10001 1 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 940
Words 182
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 43
Lines Amount 43
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 744
Words per stanza (avg) 180
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Submitted by edouardtarabey on February 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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