Analysis of Too much poetry is too much trying
Too much poetry is too much trying
to appear other than who we truly are;
The old regime would have us die sighing
for sentiments by fakery now marred.
We see the breaking down of all fixed shapes
as fine relief from old and blind burdens;
Unladen thus we march, excited apes
that search the fields for watery gardens.
But there's a hidden beauty to be found
in freedom furnished in the guise of chains;
Our movements thus restricted around
a pillar, we summon the stormy rains.
To channel great and mighty currents felt
through flesh and bone, and deep within yourself.
Scheme | AXAX BCBC DEDE XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110011110 10110111101 0101111110 11001111 1101011111 1101110110 11110101 1101110010 1101010111 0101000111 1010101001 0101100101 1101010101 1101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
This is a poem I wrote today about the necessary balance between following forms and following your heart.
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Written on May 23, 2022
Submitted by d_l on May 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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