Analysis of Eyes
Rachel K Bauer 1984 (palmerton)
Hidden while you sleep
plotting for tomorrow,
locked behind their lids
hiding pain and sorrow.
One moment they're shining bright
little jewels in the navy sky,
then burning with a merciless fire
hatred of love gone dry.
Small Pandora's Box
pure evil in the night,
innocence and joy
for the first time taking flight.
They hide who I am
and who I yearn to be,
these jewels are my secrets
the depth you cannot see.
Scheme | ABCBDEFEGDHDIJKJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 10101 10111 101010 1101101 101000101 1101010010 101111 10101 110001 10001 1011101 11111 011111 1101110 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 422 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 327 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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Written on April 16, 2012
Submitted by rachelb.12891 on February 01, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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