Analysis of Out-slept the Womb
Out-slept the Womb
Out-slept the womb, trancendent I,
Head resting on your belly sigh,
The crystal patchwork of my mind,
Attached to yours drinks from the vine,
My dreams beyond the clouding sky.
The first time that you smile belies,
You cannot turn away kind eyes,
From he who thinking love is blind,
Out-slept the womb.
I never knew I’d feel so high,
When from your touching strokes I lie,
And watch all ticking clocks unwind,
As all our cares are left behind,
As if unborn in stillness I,
Out-slept the womb.
| Scheme | A bbcxb ddcA bbccbA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 110111 11011101 0101111 01111101 11010101 01111101 11010111 11110111 1101 11011111 11110111 01110101 111011101 11110101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 516 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
This poem is a Rondeau. My broad interpretation of Freud backed up in this case by Jung is that, from the moment we are born into this noisy world, part of our subconscious selves wants to return to the womb. It is the safe place and the Death wish. Throughout our lives it is balanced out by our egos. When the two combine in a moment of true love and stillness it represents the bliss moment of a life fulfilled.
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