Analysis of Confrontation
Fog and darkness fill the night
There are no traces left of light
I wait for God to show His might
But where, O where, Lord, is the light?
Still in the dark I lie in wait
For the moon, but it is late
As the sky is blackened with hate
The moon, the moon, is very late!
As I open the door and look through there,
Unrelenting darkness thickens the air
The blackness bleaker than any nightmare
The feeling slowly gave way to despair
I hasten through the rooms and try to find
The light that is lingering in my mind
But will I ever be satisfied?
This confrontation has left me blind
Wandering through the darkened halls
I try to search for the cause of it all
But this only gives way to a bigger enthrall
Why am I captured by it all?
It becomes more clear that this is my life
Wasted for years on anger and strife
This thought is like being impaled by a knife
The raw emotion is nothing but rife
I look up from the terror and abruptly see
A person in the mist, looking at me!
My heart is beating rapidly
Let’s have a look at who caused this, shall we?
This is the time for me to fight back
I march up to the guilty and give them a smack
They hit the floor with one, loud thwack
How does it feel to lie on your back?
I survey the scene with a satisfied grin
The person lying there, small and thin
Contented, I consider this a win
Until I look closer and see my reflection.
Scheme | AAAA BBBB CCCC DDXD XEEE FFFF GGGG HHHH IIIX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 1010101 11110111 11111111 11111101 10011101 1011111 10111011 01011101 1110010111 010101001 010101101 0101011101 1101010111 0111100011 11110110 10101111 10010101 1111101111 11101110101 11110111 1011111111 101111001 11111001101 0101011011 111101000101 0100011011 11110100 1101111111 110111111 111101001101 11011111 111111111 1010110101 010101101 0101010101 011110011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,378 |
Words | 293 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
About this poem
Confrontation is about a person who is being consumed by darkness and is filled with anxiety.
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Written on February 06, 2022
Submitted by karayalanis035 on February 06, 2022
Modified on April 29, 2023
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