Analysis of Transmogrification
Transmogrification 1.
(Or, how cousin Sandra changed my mind)
I sat on the worn-out green couch and stared into space
Not allowing myself to know what I had to, but could not face
Oh, when I heard she was gone some surreal metaphysical alchemy turned my heart to stone
A cold shield from her memories, none could pass the unyielding barrier made of “Gone…”
Memories, thoughts chipped and shattered on the stone
Time, harlequin thief
Against my resolve, softened my grief
Memories snuck in unbidden
Like ice cracking granite
The rock, my heart began to crumble and fall
Whispered, through my grief, I heard her soft Texas drawl-
“Give the love you lost to all those living loves you hold so dear.”
Hearing this, each falling bit of stone changed into a tear
The tears changed into tiny diamonds on their way to the ground
And changed again into stardust without a sound
Thus aware, I was engulfed again in that enveloping surreal, metaphysical clime
From griever to giver, my Sandra Beth set me straight one last time
From that vivid love so gentle, so bold
There was a gift whose wealth cannot be told
Riches do not matter, diamonds, money or gold-
Our riches are couched in the memories we hold
1. (strange or mystical transformation
Scheme | AX BB AA A CC AX DD XX EE FF GGG G A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 111010111 1110111101011 101011111111111 1111111101010010011111 011101001110010100111 10011010101 11001 011011011 100101 111010 01110111001 101111101101 101111111011111 10111011110101 011011010111101 01010110101 1011101010101000101001 1101101101111111 1110111011 1101111011 101110101011 1010110010011 11100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,293 |
Words | 259 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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grief transformed
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