Analysis of Emptiness
This is an old poem I wrote years ago on this site, so I'm just resubmitting it...
Stars so bright it's hard to see,
I know you are there looking back on me.
My fear runs deep for I miss you so much,
I pray you were here for me to touch.
Now you're gone, no clues what to do,
Just two days ago it was me and you.
It seems it has been so terribly long,
Yet a day has passed, and you're still gone.
God wants me there, my time is way passed due,
He's about to take me, already taken you.
Can't see straight, so very numb and cold,
The time is now, I will be bold.
Knees are shaking, palms are sweaty,
Barrel to my temple, trigger-finger ready.
I am so close, I'm almost there,
Wait for me, for it's heaven we'll share.
Scheme | X AABB CCXX CCDD AAEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110111011111110101 1111111 1111110111 1111111111 111011111 11111111 1110111101 1111111001 101110111 1111111111 101111010101 111110101 01111111 11101110 101110101010 1111111 111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 700 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on March 06, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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