Analysis of Necessary Fade
Tabitha J. Bryson 1973 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Such a heavy night
stars are dripping tears
dreams swept by a gust of wind
stirring up any fears.
I feel ghosts around the corner
creeping ever so near
the laughter of the ages
is perfectly clear.
Cruelty has found me
or perhaps it never left
chains of abuse clanking freely
quickly claiming the rest.
Apples & trees so close
really not that far
cannot escape the legacy
cannot escape who you are.
You can try to be different
setting an uncharted course
but tradition will pull you back
damn the rest & storm the fort!
This legacy really must end
there just isn't any other way
nothing worth holding on to
fade out & fade away.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA BXBX XCBC XXXX XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10101 11101 1110111 101101 11101010 101011 0101010 11001 10111 1011101 11011010 101001 10111 10111 10010100 1001111 11111100 1010101 10101111 101101 11001011 111010101 1011011 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 616 |
| Words | 117 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on May 28, 2021
Submitted by tabbycat_b on June 12, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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