Calculate Me
A wineglass rose was set on
A smooth surface in the gulf
In spirals she overtook
In spirals it filled, engulfed.
I saw with some displeasure
That the tetrahedral feilds
Of cold flesh pink tranparencies
Unto the dark deep yeild.
Our maths are an invention
A world for our minds
So that we aren't so lost
Within a world without design.
Haphazardly as my blood may flow
Without the maps within my self
I still lament my brittle rose
On the Continental Shelf.
I feel my means are growing numb
For thinking I am just a sum.
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXXAXBBAXBXXXCBC DD |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 97 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 16, 2 |
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