Analysis of The Darkness
Mary Helen Trujillo 1987 (Colorado)
There’s a darkness
that comes along every now and then
And forces us to see the truth we know within
Is it who we are?
Where we’ve been?
What we know?
Is it where we’re going?
How can I know, if I don’t listen?
We have to tune out before we can tune in
I’m never going to be the person
I dreamed of when I was ten
And I’ll never know what could have
or what should have been
All I know is me
All I know is now
The pain I hold inside is what holds me down
There’s a darkness
that comes along every now and then
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 1101100101 010111011101 11111 111 111 111010 111111110 11111011110 1101011010 1111111 01101111 11111 11111 11111 01110111111 1010 1101100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 542 |
| Words | 127 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 387 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
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