Analysis of shadows dance across the dimly lit room



shadows dance across the dimly lit room
time slinking by as slowly as the thick red drips
im ready to close the door to the tomb

and when it should be time i would assume
that the red from my skin will come from your lips
shadows dance across the dimly lit room

something that i could not hide, my gloom
and often the swing of your hips
im ready to close the door to the tomb

a drip turns to a boom
and cautiously comes the eclipse
shadows dance across the dimly lit room

the child of red breathing in your womb
tighter your hand grips
im ready to close the door to the tomb

after the life my hell would presume
my back taking the sting of whips
shadows dance across the dimly lit room
im ready to close the door to the tomb


Scheme AbA abA abA abA abA abAA
Poetic Form Villanelle 
Metre 110101011 11111010111 1101101101 0111111101 10111111111 110101011 101111111 01001111 1101101101 011101 01001001 110101011 011110011 10111 1101101101 100111101 11100111 110101011 1101101101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 729
Words 151
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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poem is written in form of a villanelle

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Written on April 20, 2022

Submitted by street.c4rp on April 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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