Analysis of of sky and skin



waiting, i am waiting…to touch beauty so far from me.
her spirit near me in stolen, secret seconds now frees
the cosmos from prefigured form. in mystic motion she flees
the doubting spheres born deep inside the holes of me.
how moves such enchantment that no one dare explain its power?
it spirals like sinuous seizures unfolding fully flowered
from dreams of the me, of which, i hope…i seek…i sigh…i see.
i lie across a mystic expanse in dewy tonality to amply seed
love’s lucent arising unfurled from falcate, celestial seas.
a chemistry of sky and skin dance, covertly configuring
icons erotic. nude darkness unsheathes to steel love sabering
athwart seamless beams, floating unseen upon vast tears of air.
imageries thread vaporous webs, snaring flares of luring lairs.
she in airless rooms commands the mind of matter’s breaths
to forge true love from crevices now veiled by crouching crests.
dreams rippling with tempered hope map well the skyward trace
of hidden, blue brooks and secret swells. ascend to places
hewn from cliffs of silky clouds, building love now wise.
far away,two hearts do rend everyday until the sun doth rise.
far away,love spheres transcend the blue in airy disguise.


Scheme ABBACDAEBFFGBHIJKLLL
Poetic Form
Metre 10111011101111 01011010101011 0101110101011 010111010111 111010111101110 110110100101010 111011111111111 11010100101001001101 11001001110101 0100110110100100 101011011111 011011001011111 1001111011101 1010101011101 11111100111101 11001101110101 11011010101110 111110110111 11111101010111 111010101001
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,190
Words 201
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 48
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 967
Words per stanza (avg) 199
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Submitted by mijena6 on April 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jeffrey Lynn Naylor

Retired Professor of Literary Criticism, Philosophy, and Religion. Father of 6, grandfather of 6. A lover of all life has to offer. I have traveled the world, lived and worked among many cultures discovering that all people are essentially bound by a common thread. more…

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