Analysis of Anatomy of Evolution
They cradle my decay,
From birth to breast-
Transcending canvas, each stroke in flesh.
Youth knows no world, knows no sin-
Still lambs grow lost in time’s wane,
Made sinners, with words that lie.
They collect my archive,
Not of fable, nor of myth.
Shattered glass, I catch the light-
Reflect in fragments, fractured lines.
If love is war, and war is love,
Let these gashes tell my tender tale.
They unveil my antiquity,
Every bated breath on sacred limb-
Where crimson walls pulse and ache,
No greater release than nectar’s spill,
A silver kiss that parts the skin,
Borders of blood shape broken land.
They speak of me-
Of all I left unsaid.
My story etched in skin to keep.
The scratch of steel on tender depths,
They laid me down-
raw and pale.
No scars of glory,
But wars of silence, wars unnamed.
They are my scars; they echo loud-
I made them-
they forged me.
No beast, no saint am I-
I am evolution, carved by hand.
| Scheme | XXXAXB XXXXXC DXXXAE DXXXXC DXXXD BE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 1111 010101101 1111111 1111011 1101111 10111 1110111 1011101 01010101 11110111 111011101 10110100 1001011101 1101101 11001111 01011101 10111101 1111 111101 11010111 01111101 1111 101 11110 11110101 11111101 111 111 111111 11010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 931 |
| Words | 196 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 31 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
We often view evolution to be something of which is wholly growth and without the taint of ‘decay,’ this is a concept I have explored further in order to show the side of human development which includes the vulnerable and the bare. One of the most delicate parts of the human experience, including my own, is with the physical manifestations of inner grief. We create prohibitions in regards to things such as self-harm, but instead of creating a rhetoric of weakness to this part of existence, I wrote this poem to show that you should never be ashamed of things you have been through and instead embrace your journey of evolution. more »
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