Analysis of Bell of Good Luck
Your hateful lips form an accusation that cuts the silence in the air
“So who are you copying now?”
Your question is the clapper that sets forth the ringing of self-doubt in my mind.
It reverberates in my soul like the great Bell of Good Luck.
I ask the young me, who wanted nothing more than to be loved,
Who longed for the comforting touch of the man who made me.
“How can a natural phenomenon lead to blind faith following?”
The chameleon effect leaves my personality in shards like a pollock painting.
What once was an interest of mine is now under a meticulous and self hating microscope.
That child searched every fiber of their being for their authentic self,
Unsure if they were an imposter.
“Who are you copying now?”
I am a mosaic of all who has ever loved me,
I am copying my ancestors, the will of my soul, and the desires of my young self.
I am copying the collage that is me.
Scheme | ABXX XCD DXEA BCEC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101011010001 11111001 1101010111010111011 10100111011111 110111101011111 11101001101111 1101000101111100 001000111010001101010 11111011111000100011010 111100101110110101 0111011 1111001 11001011111011 1110011001111000101111 11100001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 909 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
About this poem
This poem is a self-reflective piece about the accusatory language used by my father from a young age and learning to resolve those turbulent feelings.
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