Analysis of Of this moment

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



A wave sent like a kiss
A bridge Across this rift

In moments
brought To points of interest

Which combine with
What reason we exist

Of this to be a true gift to life
Lived with purpose

Beyond the drift
Of quiet summer afternoons

Beyond tides
Which come and go

Leaving behind driftwood
Of dreams

Beyond our means

And of what things
Too unkind

Miscarriage of
Truth Honor Justice

In the continuum
Of our interactions

Characterized by stories Told
to children being put to bed  

Of lives led
Or is it of lies fed

Lest discovery
Of a different case file

reveal cruelty
behind the smile

Stories you may not bother to refute
To reconcile by other means,

achieved, perhaps by trickery.
Planting seeds of doubt

Misdirection, perhaps
Feeding the illusion of nobility

As if its cost

Erased In the profusion
 of lives lost

In the war crazed tap dance
of confusion

While those whose lives
fulfill a little everyday

More than just enough
to get by In times of plenty

to bear fruit
Though they may sometimes

reveal more
An ugly truth

About this aperture
in time

the lens Through
Which we express

Our version
of the love

Of this Reality
Vitality Morality

As we extend explore
Defend

which ends
suit our purposes

We observe Preserve
have chosen to serve

In=with Reliance
Compliance

Defiance
In such manner we may approve,

In reflecting those versions
Of our evolving truth sets

We use
like fine china

Our mindset
lost/found

Among others
Of

Copyright ©2023 CEF2


Scheme XA XX XX BC AX XX XX D XX EC XF XG GG HI HI JD HX XH X KX XK XX XH JX LX XX XX KE HH LX XX MM NN NX FX XX XX XE B
Poetic Form Tetractys  (44%)
Metre 011101 010111 010 111110 1101 110101 111101111 1110 0101 1101001 011 1101 10011 11 01101 0111 101 0101 11010 000100 110010 1001101 11010111 111 111111 10100 1010011 0110 0101 1011110101 1101101 01011100 10111 101 10001010100 1111 0100010 111 001111 1010 1111 01010101 11101 11101110 111 11101 011 1101 011100 01 011 1101 1010 101 1110 01000100 110101 01 11 110100 10101 11011 01010 010 010 01101101 0010110 11001011 11 1110 101 11 0110 1 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,560
Words 362
Sentences 2
Stanzas 39
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 75
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 7
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Written on 2015

Submitted by Charles2 on September 21, 2023

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