Analysis of The Drowning



You are an ocean.
A tempest rages in you.
You pull me in and under.
I want to drown in you , to disappear into
   your current and drift within you.
I want to taste your salt.
I want my lungs to fill with you, to gasp
   for air and despair at my futility.
I want to descend to the depths of you, to
   know the secrets hidden there,
   the sunken treasure that is your soul.

And when the storm abates, when the waves
   grow calm and I am washed ashore,
I want you to take pity upon my lifeless   
   form.
Place your fingers at my pulse, so  still.
Hold my body close and mourn me for one   
   brief moment.
Then, place your mouth to mine and
   bring me back with just one breath.


Scheme ABXBBXXXBXX XXXXXAXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 0101001 1110010 11110110101 11001011 111111 1111111111 11001110100 11101101111 1010101 010101111 010101101 11011101 111111001110 1 111011111 1110101111 110 1111110 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 691
Words 152
Sentences 11
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 11, 9
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 251
Words per stanza (avg) 68

About this poem

Sometimes love is all-consuming, obsessive, and uncontrollable.

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Written on February 11, 2001

Submitted by anaguiu57 on March 13, 2023

Modified on April 11, 2023

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