Analysis of Dystopia Under a Utopic Sky
Clouds paint an ashen sky,
with fine brush strokes
that begin as feathery ephemeral wisps,
then transmute to fluffy cotton wool balls.
Stratus strides his boldness -
hues of pure white
blending into deepening blues reaching outwards,
before forming into Nimbostratus.
The Altocumulus
likes the patchwork-
patterns of curls and swirls so graceful and serene
that soar upwards becoming lost in sun.
Cirrocumulus clouds
paint their motifs -
rainbow hues so exquisitely celestial
grazing serenely on airy pastures.
Cumulonimbus now
bosses in and
splashes his darkening mood evoking drama,
morphing into creatures fierce and thund’ry.
But …
Below this utopic
sea of delights
grave grey pavements bear the wear and tear of traffic -
forging dystopian dispositions.
Scheme | ABBX XXXB BXXX XXXX XXXX XAXXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (36%) |
Metre | 111101 1111 101110001001 111101011 101110 1111 100110011010 0110011 01 101 101101110001 1110010101 11 1101 111100010 10010011010 11 1000 101100101010 100110101 1 0111 1101 111010101110 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 773 |
Words | 132 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
This poem was an exercise in teaching my students how to use imagery and juxtaposition.
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