Analysis of Smoldering cylinder of sorrow



Ready to ignite,
I stress upon sight.
Calmly cupping around the cig,
Tantamount to a touchy twig.
A sharp, sudden, sporadic spark,
I'm forced to furiously hark.
Clear-cut, metallic clink of combustion,
Horizontal volcanic eruption.
Delicately docked on his lips,
I feel a darkness, an eclipse.
Swell inhale, gale exhale. Air braille.
A putrid perfume pounds me pale.
Too towering and observably overpowering,
Stop devouring me; confined in the corner, cowering.
Crucified in the company of clouds constructed of cyanide,
Self ceased, soul deceased. Inner death, shipwrecked. Suicide by the seaside.
Vicious, vile vapor,
Please, can thou taper.
Rather whizz off a cliff,
Than sniff a dizzy whiff.
Encompassing essence of extraordinary area,
Bhutan to Bulgaria, on the brink of malaria.
Like a proud parrot perched between his paws,
I hold my huff, a perpetual pause.
Powerful puffs of poison
Provoke his whoops to worsen.
Action repeats.
Constant defeats.

Spicy strength of its sour scent,
That swamps my snout. Circumvent?
Yes. Seven-hundred percent.
Stomach-churning smoke of stench,
That of a World War I trench.
Translate–quelle horreur–oui, french.
Saltier than smelling salts,
That slithers through sealed tight vaults.
Strange asphyxia of steam,
That surges, travels upstream.
Ample reasons I'm annoyed.
All, I actively avoid.

He lives, still, like a captive craving the capsule of enslavement,
Several occasions, stooping to scouring along the pavement.
Fully pledged to the paper tube of pathological pleasure,
I pity, as well as pray, for these poor prey, far beyond measure.
Fair well foe. First, fix this firmly in thy filthy mind forever:
Proclamation! Printed on passion and pain. Ever endeavor.
Published with pride. A profound promise intended for whomever.
Come, follow this: my vow to never.


Scheme AABBBBCCDDEEBBFFGGHHIIJJCCKK LLLMMMNNOOPP QQGGGGGG
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 11011 1010101 1010101 01100101 11110001 1101011010 01001010 10001111 11010101 10110111 01001111 1100011010 101001010010100 100010011010110 11101101110101 10110 11110 101101 110101 01001010100100 11010010110100 1011010111 1111001001 1001110 0111110 1001 1001 10111101 111101 1101001 1010111 1101111 011111 1001101 111111 1111 1101011 1010101 1110001 1111010100101010 1001010110001010 101101011010010 1101111111110110 1111111001101010 010101100110010 1011001100101010 110111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,814
Words 328
Sentences 38
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 28, 12, 8
Lines Amount 48
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 480
Words per stanza (avg) 93

About this poem

I wrote this poem to express my utter hatred and disgust towards cigarettes.

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Written on September 02, 2022

Submitted by Jesus3 on January 21, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

1:39 min read
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Jesús R. Nara

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