Analysis of Pyramids



Moon pyramid
inclined lines, erect on the plateau
where plants evade man,
channels that cross the street of the dead

You seek the sun, solar cult, curved universe
your pyramid is about to die
coveted by intruders
they besiege and prophesy the age of the fifth sun

Woe to your daughters, who educated in purity
they will have to defend themselves
of the coming warrior
roam around,
chasing a mythical time,
he is a believer of the gods
he doesn't know how to appreciate your murals
will drink of your pulque

constant flow of blood
usurped cult
appearance of a god
a god who plays at living like us
a god who is not like us
that does not incarnate,
please

a puma that walks in the moonlight
by your equidistant surroundings
neither the shells nor the snails of your funeral offerings feel it,
his footprints on earth resemble the glyphs of the Toltec

And the pyramid that represents the social order, limestone assembled on its slope
With your board dedicated to carved rattlesnakes
the priest officiates the solar rite
die to become god
in the pyramid of the moon
the one with her back to the light
the one that looks to the east
idolized by the people who survived seven centuries


Scheme XXXX XXXX XXXXXXXA XXBCCXD EXXA XXEBXEXD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (23%)
Metre 1100 011011001 11011 101101101 1101101110 110010111 1001010 10101011011 1111011000100 11110101 1010100 101 1001001 110010101 110111010110 11111 10111 11 010101 011111011 0111111 111010 1 01011001 111010 10011011110010011 111101001101 00100101010101010111 11110001110 010100101 11011 00100101 01101101 0111101 10101010110100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,185
Words 223
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 8, 7, 4, 8
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 160
Words per stanza (avg) 36

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A poem based on Teotihuacán

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Written on June 23, 2023

Submitted by talygarza on June 22, 2023

Modified by talygarza on June 22, 2023

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