Analysis of Ill
Is this hell? Otherwordly?
I came from another walk
of life, crashed into yours
To light fire to your normalcies;
I shred you into kindling and
burned you just the same.
And yet you clung to me with blistering hands.
You grazed red fingers over my flames with
Grace, caution,
care,
As if you were stroking your ill lover's forehead, humming
"darling, you're burning up."
Scheme | XXAAXX XXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1110101 111011 1110111 11101100 11101 01111111001 1111010111 110 1 11101011101010 101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 371 |
Words | 73 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Written on December 04, 2021
Submitted by rileyl.07869 on March 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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