Analysis of Anew
The Ground -
the preferred frame of reference of one of my favourite artists,
what does she really see in it?
Is it the comeback, that happens everytime?
Cyclicity?
Isn’t it just another poor substitute for immortality?
How long can a little seed put up the fight?
Which wasn’t even spared at the first light,
The first heat that nearly incinerated and the first cool that nearly incarcerated,
both broke its body until it tore open.
It never stops does it?
If there’s enough water one day,
the air that salvaged yesterday is too poisonous to welcome today.
Acting still helps,
ignorance sometimes tempts,
what now favourite artist?
What is with your ground?
Is it up for it?
I’m breathing in smoke,
I'm dissolving in pesticides,
Who’s gonna salvage us tomorrow?
It would be better if you can come up with something capable of saving lives too,
before i welt and bend backwards,
to kiss crushed dandelions a final toodle-oo...
I don’t want to be frozen and get burnt yet again,
don’t want to start anew.
I'll give it my all;
all of my dues to the dawn’s dew,
for I don’t want to start anew.
Scheme | AXBXAX CCXX BDD XXXAB XX XEXX XE XEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 001111001111110 11110101 110111010 1 11101011010100 11101011101 111011011 011110010000111100100 11110011110 110111 11011011 01110101110011001 1011 100011 11110 11111 11111 11001 1010010 11010101 111101111111010011011 01110110 11110001011 1111110011101 111101 11111 11111011 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,115 |
Words | 230 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 3, 5, 2, 4, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
The artist's ground, their inspiration, is questioned by the narrator. They express their own struggles, breathing in smoke and being affected by pesticides. The narrator asks who will save them in the future and suggests that the artist should create something capable of saving lives. They express their desire to not start anew, to not be frozen and burnt once again. The narrator is willing to give everything to cling onto the hope represented by the dawn's dew. They don't want to start over again. more »
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