Analysis of Strings of light



There ...
where the wind howls over dark water
I sail..
inquisition, is a heavy anchor
It docks my boat at eerie places
where the stars are held by strings of light
and ants run in their own dust
between shores
and deep waters, in far away ports, I age
chased by mobs, waving hot branding iron, I sank in me, to the core
Water never gave away it’s secret
and the far land was followed by yet another
endless routes on a perfect sphere
So I improvised
Ports, became backyard gardens
home a sailing boat,
anchored by a thought
Pursued by butterfly origamis
made of morning’s newspaper
I turned off the light
and yes, no one listens to the wind..
no one listens
no one
and my anchor was a thought forgotten with time.


Scheme ABCBDEFGHIJBKLMNODBEPMQR
Poetic Form
Metre 1 101110110 11 010101010 111111010 101111111 0110111 011 01100101111 11110110101101101 1010101110 001111011010 10110011 1110 101110 10101 10101 011101 111010 11101 011110101 1110 11 011010101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 697
Words 134
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 24
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 561
Words per stanza (avg) 135

About this poem

it's about life and freedom

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Submitted by walid on June 28, 2021

Modified on March 22, 2023

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