Analysis of Enlightenment
Each night ends the same way, as my starry eyes stare
Into the morning sun, searching for answers in its searing
Glare, defiantly brushing aside the flaming ribbons, past
Rays of blinding shafts and plunging deep beneath its skin
Undulating in autumnal fires, probing its atomic immensity,
Watching as that colossal orb burns, oblivious and brazen,
Stealing over another horizon, plowing through the darkness,
Casting out shadows as it rolls ever onward, over everything,
Even the precincts of my solitary thoughts, its brilliant gravity
Crushing my worries and fears, grinding them to ash and dust
With its relentless gleam, blazing an arcing path across the sky,
Boldly proclaiming that eternal refrain: This too shall pass.
Scheme | ABCDCEFBGHIJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011111011 010101101100110 101001001010101 1110101010111 1000010101010101 1011010110100010 1010010010101010 101111110101010 1001111001110100 10110011011101 110101101110101 100101010011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 735 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 50 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 594 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 115 |
About this poem
There is a cost in the search for understanding and the result may not be what one expected.
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Written on March 26, 2023
Submitted by TheOutlawHalo on March 26, 2023
Modified on April 27, 2023
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