Analysis of THE CUPID



As awake as the morning
Is the consciousness of Cupid’s art.
Piercing like an arrow’s boring,
Its lovely weapons cut.
As undulate as a river,
My blood does gush and I quiver.
As “au contraire” to LOVE – Diabolos;
As custodial of SACRIFICE – Romeos.
Many a cupids wilt find their life’s event
As sea-river-estuary their final convert.
Its clouds shalt clothe thee like aviary garment,
And arrows impale thee to pleasant torment.
It shalt summon Ariel’s breezes about thee,
And an infinite measure of Venus’ charity.
Damsels shalt look upon thee with gentil giddiness.
Valors shalt attend thy need with ever readiness.
Stay put, await the execution of Cupid’s darts;
Like the blissful strutter of a firing squad’s.
Thou shalt not die, but thine eyes shalt be open.
The colours of love shalt array thy frame upon
Till thou shalt at last become a Cupid-
A master of woo and charm intrepid.


Scheme ABACDDEEFGHFIIEEEEJKLM
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010 101001101 10111010 110101 1101010 11110110 111111 101001101 10010111101 111010011010 11111110010 0100111101 1110110011 0110010110100 111011111 110111110100 110100101101 1010110101 11111111110 01111011101 1111101010 0101101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 907
Words 170
Sentences 12
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 699
Words per stanza (avg) 153

About this poem

THIS POEM HIGHLIGHTS HOW LOVE DRAMATICALLY AFFECTS THE LIFE OF ITS SUFFERERS. THE AUTHOR WROTE IT TO SHARE A PERSONALISED LOVE EXPERIENCE THAT HE BELIEVES IS COMMON TO MOST PEOPLE

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Written on August 09, 2015

Submitted by emmanuelo.96196 on October 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Emmanuel Odoi-Anim

Emmanuel Odoi Anim is a Ghanaian born poet. He holds a degree in law, and has passion for learning languages, and writing. He currently works as an Office Manager in law firm in Ghana. Emmanuel writes for leisure and is yet to officially publish any material. more…

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