Analysis of Archimedes



O lover of fates
Were the fates to love
Would maiden hold
Loft your bonzéd hair
Or mother gaze at
Roots and watered iris fair
In longing passion
Whence crone became
That jealous fire
Which yields one insane
Were Alexandria to hold
All jewéled and beguiled tomes
Still not enough to behold
Such lovers' hands
As these caress
Her bosom sold in unrest
Aflame she sets her eyes
To his every move and
His every whim becomes her desire
Could Eros have borne
With such wings as these
That hold Archimedes
In her heart thieved


Scheme ABCDEDFGHICJCKLMNOHPQQC
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 00111 1101 11111 11011 1010101 01010 1101 11010 11101 0010011 1110011 1101101 1101 1101 0101001 011101 1110010 11001010010 11011 11111 11010 0011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 523
Words 98
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 421
Words per stanza (avg) 95

About this poem

For Eric Cockrell

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Written on November 27, 2022

Submitted by Annakya on December 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jesse Fron

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