Analysis of Ouroboros
Static in darkness.
Mist of blue.
Melting into the walls, solitude.
Gift of innocence, stolen.
Serrated teeth,
Devouring myself alive.
Mindless soul,
Staggering on the path of time,
In search of misprinted lies —
O Joy
Floundering about the shores,
Foam to dune, glitters of the sea
Like a setting sun,
Shines their emptiness down my misty-eyes
As I sang the blues.
| xiu |
| Scheme | AXX BXX XXC XXX BCX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010 111 10010110 1110010 101 0100101 101 10010111 0111101 11 1000101 11110101 10101 1110011101 11101 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 392 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
A hommage to our melancholy.
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Written on August 18, 2022
Submitted by mcovska306 on August 18, 2022
Modified on March 08, 2023
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