Analysis of Help
These words I write
They do not help
My feelings
Still maintain their place
Ever deeper
In my heart -
A black hole
From which
Nothing escapes
My mind, I feel
Is leaving me
Me just stuck here
This hopeless space
| Scheme | XXXA XXXXX XXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111 110 10111 1010 011 011 11 1001 1111 1101 1111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on June 23, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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