Analysis of Experience
My mind fractures under the weight of light
Nerves numb to the endless heat
Eyes glow with purple sight
Face young, tongue tender and sweet
Years past on a vast plane
Same as endless storms descending upon a black indigo sea
Experienced time becomes a great fane
For all brute conquerers to come and see
Birth’s green light turned great autumn trees
My hair caught in a warm winter’s breeze
All my expanse cut by a crone’s knife
And just as I breathe in true death, God sickens me with the peril of new life
| Scheme | ABAB CDCDEEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100111 1110101 111101 1111001 111011 111010100101101 0100101011 11111101 11111101 111001101 110111011 011110111111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 524 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
About this poem
This poem is about a person who’s overwhelmed by the world and all of its possibility, they’re crushed by the weight of time, age, and experience.
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