Analysis of The Devil Has No Mercy
The days roll slowly past
Like a wave receding from the shore
An ominous cloud of the past hovers above
Pounding gloominess to all
No hope for today
The dreams of tomorrow
Diminishing
The anger rising like a bubble boils out any beauty
I have eyes, but I only see darkness
I have ears, but hear terror
I have a brain, but I know only the surrounding malice
I have a heart, but the shattered pieces are stained with a dark shade of evil.
Will somebody help me?
Will someone help me?
A bony claw steals the last sputtering breath
Then I die
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJIKHHLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011101 101010101 110011011001 10111 11101 01101 0100 010101010111010 1111110110 1111110 110111110001010 1101101010111011110 11011 1111 01011011001 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 541 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 429 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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Written on September 25, 1995
Submitted by crricecar on September 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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