Analysis of Prison in ink



Obsession in words, with paper and pen
Rest a forgotten old friend
Sunlight and darkness, though clearly reverse
The same when the day has no end

Restlessness fueled by creativities curse
Fixation expressed unrehearsed
A tireless effort, words penned on a page
Displayed as a phrase and a verse

With diction and literacy, in letters expressed
The fruit of his mind manifest
As days turn to weeks, and weeks turn to months
Bear the curse of the poet obsessed


Scheme XABA BXXB CCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 0100111001 1001011 101011001 01101111 10010111 01001001 01001011101 01101001 1100100001001 0111110 1111101111 101101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 461
Words 83
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by DaveCronkBuffalo on May 15, 2021

Modified by DaveCronkBuffalo on January 29, 2023

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