Analysis of Colored Apnea
Bedded and cold. I want to go home.
I can feel what it is like to miss my old blankets
And I want to go back. Nothing in front of me feels worth remembering.
Everything in the past does, but I remember less
And less of it as I get older.
Was it all as terrible as it is now? Was there always less vibrancy?
Is my child’s mind the only kind that was able to sense reliable joy?
I must believe these to be true because I am
Naturally regressing to juvenile traits.
It’s only a matter of time before I suck on a tit like an infant.
I am killing myself for the nobility of a pure mind.
No pain and no suffering.
Inert death welcomed by a blissful fume.
If I cease to have my soul breathe what replaces its mold?
Regardless, I’ll discover it soon enough.
I always knew this to be certain, but I thought there would be more.
That’s why I programmed the long term.
If I had known it was so short, I would have taken
The chance to be more of a fool. At least then I would have more color to forget.
Scheme | XXAXX XXXXX XAXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111111 1111111111110 011111100111110100 100011110101 011111110 111110011111111100 1111010111101101001 110111110111 1000111001 1100101101111011110 111011001001011 1101100 0111010101 11111111101011 01010101101 111111101111111 1111011 1111111111110 01111101111111110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,003 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
About this poem
A reflection on memory loss in young adulthood.
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Written on March 23, 2022
Submitted by xombnehwbtclmmgpqd on March 23, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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