Analysis of Vines Of A Bauble
Van Dean 2000 (Sheffield)
Obtuse wounds that rub
& poison ivy that climbes
The chambers of my throat
Planted by nails that slice
Running across odds with a faceless dice
Words would shatter upon spoken
To be swallowed again
& lips sown shut by the vines that poison the very life
Vines that blister the tongue of those who speak its name
Its vipers run like veins
Over my naked body, where I'm strung
Still bodies lay present and close, and all around Golgotha
In Golgotha the people lay dead
But they're not-
Their eyes are just closed.
| Scheme | XAXAA XXXX AXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 01111 101011 010111 101111 1001110101 11100110 111001 1111011100101 111001111111 110111 1011010111 1101100101011 0101011 111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 514 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This is a poem about assault, and how it can be worsened by institutional ignorance.
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