Analysis of sweet crest of absolution
Stable and soft is the heartbeat
which lullingly pulses inside,
though steady can’t save my surrender
from this want of a dream I can’t hide.
The vision becomes my existence,
the rapture embodies my being.
My truth, lustful reverie’s persistence
within my closed eyes I am seeing.
Each pore is a galaxy yearning,
every curve is infinity’s end.
I could drown in the crest of self serving
my whole night to this thrilling pretend.
A vast absolution swells through me.
The edge comes upon me, undone,
at the echo of my lover’s calling
undulating in my breathless lungs.
Scheme | XAXA BCBC CDCD XXCX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 1001101 111001 110111010 111101111 010011010 010010110 1110100010 011111110 111010010 1001111 1110011110 111111001 01010111 01101101 1010111010 10001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 561 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 29 sec read
- 3 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"sweet crest of absolution" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 9 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/85560/sweet-crest-of-absolution>.
Discuss this Jana Satterlund poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In