Analysis of Venusian Vicissitude
Robert Rowe 1967 (Agana, Guam)
While lying in fitful slumber one night
I bore witness to a heavenly sight
For there appeared at the foot of my bed
A spirit beauteous that filled me with dread.
Gazing at me, her smile so beguiling
She quickly had this troubled soul smiling
“Who are you and what do you want?” I cried.
“I’m Venus, Goddess of Love,” she replied.
“The summons of a soul blue to the core
Caused my appearance in this world once more.
Explain to me, dear mortal one, why
Your loneliness always makes your heart cry.”
“I need a true love and want to find one
But as yet my weary heart has found none.
I yearn to espy the love of my life
To woo and to court her then make her my wife.”
“Tell me,” she said raising arms above her
“What you desire, you need in a lover.”
Then a sparkling fine mist slowly appeared
And while I spoke out it gradually neared.
Telling of a woman with large green eyes
I wanted, I was to soon realize,
Her silky red hair to flow and cascade
Over creamy smooth shoulders, perfectly made.
With her smile telling of pleasures in store
Velvet lips wanting, inviting and more.
Steady and true will be this woman’s heart
And I’ll never fear that one day we’ll part
Then appeared in the mist over her head
The woman for whom my lonely heart bled
She showed me a vision perfect and true
That vision, my darling, that vision was you.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ KKLL EEMM BBNN |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1100101011 1110101001 1101101111 010111111 1011011010 1101110110 1110111111 1101011101 0101011101 1101001111 011111011 110011111 1101101111 1111101111 1111001111 11011011011 1111101010 11010110010 1010111001 01111110001 1010101111 110111110 0101111001 10101101001 1011011001 1011001001 100111111 0110111111 1010011001 0101111011 1110100101 11011011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,372 |
Words | 278 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
I actually have several versions of this poem. Each written for different skin colors. I was into racial equality long before it became popular.
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