Analysis of seldom spoken
Paige Sullivan 1985 (Texas)
Violent rain pains for the suns emotional embrace.
Mirror image shows doubt of the soul within.
Bridges grasping vision and dreams.
Break the windows as waters flow to ice.
Hollow is the void within what's wanted and thus pursued.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011101010001 10101110101 10101001 1010110111 10101011100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Written on January 08, 2022
Submitted by lyrxxekko on January 08, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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