Analysis of Ivory Eyes
the enamored look
you gave me
when we first met
like the carved ivory flower
that holds close against my chest
when you told me
you loved
everything about me
your eyes gleamed
like a dull milkyway
one that sparked
something within
alike phantom chains
around my wrists;
my heart
those delicate words
ran off your lips
a fountain of poison
alike drunken men
spewing lies
harshly
like the vodka you sip
ivory eyes
vodka lies
dripping from your lips
onto mine
| Scheme | XAXXX AXA XXXXXXX XBXXCAX CCBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 00101 111 1111 10110010 1110111 1111 11 10011 111 1011 111 1001 01101 0111 11 11001 1111 010110 01101 101 10 101011 1001 101 10111 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 486 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 7, 7, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
About this poem
this is a poem about a lover that treated me like i was just another drink. He had an issue with partying and the kind of coldness that i think of is a shade of ivory that was alwyas shown across is eyes. In his soul.
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Written on May 10, 2022
Submitted by vobrien23 on August 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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