Analysis of Windblown Tumbleweeds



One remedy yet to hear proposed,
Is to let those who oppose...
Truth and its levels of reality.
Have their way.
To deepen themselves further,
In holes dug to dig.
To expose the incompetence,
A collective thoughtlessness is.

Let them go.
And witness to observe,
The growth of their self loathing to show.
Until they have gone from the horizon.

With it then to begin to plant,
Not weeds but flourishing fruits to feed...
Minds of a higher consciousness.
Left discouraged by such misdeeds.

Blooming magnificently,
To grow prepared and ready to harvest.
Leaving behind limited minds found,
As useless as rolling...
Windblown tumbleweeds.
Detached.
From anyone or anything meaningful,
To declare beneficial.

Discovering eventually,
The pointless purpose of this...
Directless and annoying nuisance,
Of a nonsense can be kept followed.
Especially if created and made to attract,
The many seeking their investment...
Will return dividends,
For their interest to pay...
Staying to remain glowing,
In an ignorance told...
Has neverending promises to come,
More significant and precious...
Than an awakening to greet,
The dawning of enlightenment...
Could ever do.
For those seeking delusion to feed upon,
Fiction.
If...
Continuing to dig deep,
In darkened holes to discover...
The wealth of it to protect and treasure!


Scheme XABCDXEX FXFG XXHX BXXIAXJJ BXEXXKXCIXXHXKXXGXXDD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (29%)
Metre 110011101 1111101 10110110 111 1100110 01111 10100100 001011 111 010101 011111011 0111110010 11110111 111100111 11010100 10101101 1001000 1101010110 100110011 110110 11 01 110110100 101010 010001000 0101011 1001010 101011110 010101001101 010101010 10110 111011 1010110 011001 1110011 10100010 11010011 01010100 1101 11100101101 10 1 0100111 01011010 0111101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,265
Words 206
Sentences 28
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 4, 4, 8, 21
Lines Amount 45
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 207
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted by lpahtillah on September 14, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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