Analysis of Jigsaw

Scott Felgner 1979 (Ridgewood, New Jersey)



Lost in familiar territory
Afraid I will never find myself
I’ve become a shadow of myself
Breaking down slowly as my mind watches

The pieces of the puzzle never seem to fit
I cannot find the hours to complete me
Remembering the days of hope without despair
I cannot find the corner to turn to the light

My sadness still has an inner burning
My walls are too high to reach the sun
I need someone to piece me together
The reaching hands shove me into the flame

I’m broken and scared, drowning in my filth
Walking the path of no return
Desperate,  I keep looking back for guidance
Finding I only have myself to blame


Scheme ABBX XAXX XXXC XXXC
Poetic Form
Metre 10010100 01111011 1010111 1011011110 010101010111 11010101011 010001110101 110101011101 1101111010 111111101 111111010 0101110101 1100110011 10011101 1011101110 101101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 606
Words 116
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted by scottemtnj1979 on June 27, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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