Analysis of Bukowski
There is no bravery in hatred, but
There is no courage in love.
Both are as easy as you make them, and
So human as to be laughable.
I'm not laughing.
I have hate, and I have love.
At times they crash together
Like waves breaking against
The California coast.
At others they are streams,
eroding silently and
drowning in silt.
I'm sick of losing myself to
One or the other -
Blindly making decisions
With a hand on the
Small of my back.
Nothing more than an animal.
Scheme | XABCX ADXXXBX XDXXXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111000101 1111001 1111011110 110111100 1110 1110111 1111010 111001 00101 110111 0101000 1001 1111011 11010 1010010 10110 1111 10111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
Inspired by Charles Bukowski, I wanted to write something that captured the dueling forces within us all
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