Analysis of Zephyr
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
There is no safety in the streets,
In a quiet dream of home.
Buoys in the arms of sleep,
The embrace of the learned.
No haven lies
In the cracks
On the pavement,
Traced
With the brief elation
Of a zephyr’s gentle urgency.
But come,
Let us speak of this absence,
This stark lack.
Knowing leaves us
Unshackled,
Unbound by the cuts,
The delusions that dictate
Pathways to impulse,
To a life suspended,
The restless soul poised on fire.
There is no shelter
In the shadows of the brain,
No refuge in the whispers
Of a culture we find,
Spinning tales
Of futures bright,
Where dreams thrive,
While reality bites,
Omnipresent,
Eager to divest.
To unravel the notion
Of safety, a gift bestowed.
The chains of illusions,
Those heavy links,
We are freed,
Unburdened
By the weight they bear,
No longer bound
To scripted roles,
Caught heedless.
No solid ground
Where we stand,
No fortress of time,
Only fleeting moments,
A dance without melody,
And yet, to know this,
A secret unsaid,
Unwrapped,
Is to taste the sweet liberation
Of truth, unlocked.
Let the world spin on its axis,
Let the whims align.
We are the wanderers,
The blessed vagabonds,
Exceptional.
We embrace the boundless
Absence of safety’s control.
Unfettered,
We journey,
With no fear to comfort.
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) Etheree (37%) |
Metre | 11110001 0010111 1000111 001101 1101 001 1010 1 101010 101010100 11 1111110 111 1011 010 01101 0010101 1110 101010 01011110 11110 001101 1100010 101011 101 1101 111 1101 010 10101 1010010 1100101 011010 1101 111 010 10111 1101 1101 11 1101 111 11011 101010 0101100 01111 01001 01 11101010 1101 10111110 10101 110100 01100 0100 101010 101101 010 110 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,259 |
Words | 266 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
About this poem
This poem explores the concept of safety and how it cannot be found in the external world, such as the streets or the idea of home.
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