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 |
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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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