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 |
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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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