Analysis of Sandman
Will the sandman come to visit me?
Will he close my eyes so I may see?
All the darkness within that he generates
All the malevolence that reeks from his hate?
Will he show me a glimpse from the past?
Of a love he knew would never last?
Will he continue to laugh at my naivete?
Will he continue to keep walking away?
For once will he stop, and turn around?
To glimpse where his life was always bound?
Open your eyes sandman, don't look back,
It is a dead end street where you are at.
Just let go of all of your hate,
Look in my eyes it's not too late.
Do you see the love that is shining there?
Or will you turn away without a care?
It may be that you will,
heed me, I love you still.
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGHCCIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111101 111111111 1010011110 10111111 111101101 101111101 110101111001 11010111001 111110101 11111111 10111111 1101111111 11111111 10111111 1110111101 1111010101 111111 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 673 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 521 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 141 |
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Written on 2001
Submitted by Dreamer81 on November 01, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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