Analysis of Crossroads
the choice is simple, yet complex
to join the flow or back to the beginning
the knife of thoughts, my mind dissects
I have but minutes, it's almost final inning
so many roads of picks ahead
so many doors that closed behind
i threat myself to start the tread
of something seemingly benign
a plethora of things, around, in flight
from black to white,
with lots of whats and whys
and ways and weighs
the yeses and the nays
I can go back, abaft the beam
a lead to navigate the dream
that woke me up so early for so long
or should I tell that dream: "so long?!"
or I can stay and buoy with tide
diurnally, the lows the highs
and trust my masters
to choose the height
of my yet undetermined flight
the cons, the pros and I suppose
you too relate to poor decision making
I known for certain, when it's done
my sight will leap - direction forward
for now...however, having fun
with sea- against the shore-ward
it's very near,
it's close enough to touch
it's scalpel's sharp before incision
I only hope to know this much
I want to make the right decision
| Scheme | XAXA BXBX CCDEE FFGGXDXCC XA HXHX XIHIH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110110 11011110010 01111101 11110111010 11011101 11011101 1111101 11010001 0100110101 1111 111001 0101 010001 1111101 0111001 1111110111 11111111 111101011 01000101 01110 1101 1110101 01010101 11011101010 11110111 111101010 11101 1101011 1101 110111 11101010 11011111 111101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,013 |
| Words | 201 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 9, 2, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 33 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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