Analysis of Paper Walls
Paper walls and petty things
Broken hearts and dusty books
Worn out tools and wedding rings
Stolen heart, thieves and crooks
Tattered tears, shattered stairs
Wasted dreams by the door
Maddened mind - no one cares
Shards of glass on the floor
Fated love by the sink
Twisted chains, unmended fences
Washed away by bleeding ink
Pay the fare for consequences
Lonely heart, darkened sun
Faded light, absent sky
Rising moon and you're done
All caught up in the lie
Weakened heart, shattered soul
Breathless days, lonely hours
Barely breathing, left unwhole
Burnt and broken towers
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH IJIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 1010101 1010101 1110101 101101 101101 101101 11111 111101 101101 101110 1011101 1011100 101101 101101 101011 111001 101101 1011010 101011 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 555 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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