Analysis of Identity
Let them be as flowers,
always watered, fed, guarded, admired,
but harnessed to a pot of dirt.
I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed,
clinging on cliffs, like an eagle
wind-wavering above high, jagged rocks.
To have broken through the surface of stone,
to live, to feel exposed to the madness
of the vast, eternal sky.
To be swayed by the breezes of an ancient sea,
carrying my soul, my seed,
beyond the mountains of time or into the abyss of the bizarre.
I'd rather be unseen, and if
then shunned by everyone,
than to be a pleasant-smelling flower,
growing in clusters in the fertile valley,
where they're praised, handled, and plucked
by greedy, human hands.
I'd rather smell of musty, green stench
than of sweet, fragrant lilac.
If I could stand alone, strong and free,
I'd rather be a tall, ugly weed.
Scheme | xxx Axx xxxbax xxxbxx xxbA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 110110010 11010111 110101101 10111110 110001111 1110101011 1111011010 1010101 111101011101 1001111 01010111010011001 11010101 11110 1110101010 10010001010 1111001 110101 110111011 111101 111101101 110101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 778 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 6, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on November 19, 2015
Modified on May 04, 2023
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