Analysis of That Which Returns to Wander



I could construe it to you
like cinnamon and apple and whiskey,
that which returns
to wander like liquefied ecstasy
beneath the velvet barbs of your tongue.

Would it appeal, then,
to word it like heavenly hypocrisy,
hoarse with my righteous scream of
that which wanders
to return to the pedestal called judgement,
called mercy  —
whatever my lips care to puppet-spill now.

And if I said it were a vice,
not a transgression unto yourself,
would it whisper sweeter still:
that which strides
to suck what they called rot out of you,
to feed you your own spit, the regurgitated gasp of giving in?

(It trails down your chest
and buries in your bloodstream
like cinnamon and apple and whiskey,
that which returns to wander to wander to return to walk, to slither back to you, darling,
where we drink, we feed, we feast.)


Scheme aBxbx xbxxxbx xxxxax xxBxx
Poetic Form
Metre 1101111 1100010010 1101 110110100 010101111 11011 11111000100 1111011 1110 10110100110 110 1011111011 01111001 100101001 1110101 111 111111111 1111110111100 11111 010011 1100010010 11011101101011111011110 1111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 821
Words 162
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 6, 5
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 161
Words per stanza (avg) 37

About this poem

An antithesis piece, in a manner of speaking, about convincing someone to sin.

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Written on April 22, 2024

Submitted by rynninrome on April 28, 2024

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Rynn Palermo

Rynn Palermo is a Welsh-American poetry-enthralled student based in Houston, Texas. She works under the aforementioned pseudonym for the purpose of anonymity, as well as a nod to her vested interest in Sicily. Rynn gravitates towards the heavier topics and typically involves themes of queerness and femininity in her writing, as well as the occasional mind-break -- there's nothing like a psychology background to write some good literary psychedelia. She currently is in a long-term relationship with her similarly anonymous partner, referred to as E. She has a ragdoll cat named Theo and an English Cream Golden Retriever named Tegan. more…

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