Analysis of Wedding cake



What is the taste of time
a year from now? Will it be
       as sweet?
 A mixture of
    emotions
perhaps;
        like woven strings
threaded together
    and bound into
             a coat; rough
          but warm and sturdy—
     For whom is the wind sculpting?
         What is each crest and trough
     but tattoos of devotion
          carved directly into stone?
   In each crevice,
a rhythmic pattern,
    like curves in the sand:
each line inevitable,
       travelling side by side
    to where the end
meets the beginning


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJBKLMNOPQRSTK
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 0111111 11 0101 010 01 1101 10010 0101 011 11010 1110110 111101 1011010 1010011 0110 01010 11001 1101000 100111 1101 10010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 520
Words 80
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 350
Words per stanza (avg) 80

About this poem

Inspired by my wedding cake and a Zen garden where I draw peace - like the feeling I get when being with my partner.

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Written on June 07, 2022

Submitted by thinh.t.ha on June 07, 2022

Modified on March 11, 2023

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