Analysis of Courage
I lost it in a split second,
and then searched endlessly for it.
I looked in my pocket.
Searched the entire area I remembered having it last.
I thought about my fears...
Only to remember what scared it away.
So I reviewed it over, and over.
Why had it gone?
I stared at my fear up close.
I backed away.
Even when I faced it
When I made myself...It still didn't return.
I looked around some more...
When it became clear that it was lost in me.
And to get it back
I had to let go
of what held it down.
Find the confidence to undo that mess.
To regain my courage.
And then finally I moved on stronger.
Scheme | XAXXXBCXXB AXXXXXXXXC |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 11100110 01110011 110110 1001010010101011 110111 10101011101 1101110010 1111 1111111 1101 101111 111111001 110111 11011111101 01111 11111 11111 1010010111 101110 0110011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 579 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 227 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 60 |
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Submitted on July 29, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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