Analysis of Mixed Ancient Metaphors
The words taste like music
from worlds long ago
Each letter resavored
in harmonies old
Coming to harvest
their sweetness imbues
A cave for an orchard
in wall painted hues
Old symbols retilling
those questions inside
Reborn when discovered
then never to hide
The silos refilling
new birthrights to seed
Replanted within us
—a symphony freed
(The New Room: January, 2023)
| Scheme | AXBB BCBC ABBB ABCB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011110 11101 1101 01001 10110 1101 011110 01101 1101 11001 111010 11011 011 1111 010011 01001 011100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 378 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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