Analysis of Delusion



Once upon a time
he saw beauty
in his reflection.
Now, he walks
through fields of statues,
men and women
who tried to love him,
searching for a mirror
in the hope
that he can
put an end to this,
but the snakes
divert him
and guide him
to other potential lovers
whose touch
he’ll never know.
Where is the hero promised
to finish the monster?
Was that just
another lie
too?


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Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1110 01010 111 1111 1010 11111 101010 001 111 11111 101 011 011 11001010 11 1101 1101010 110010 111 0101 1
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 381
Words 84
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 291
Words per stanza (avg) 72

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Desire drives art

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Written on September 07, 2021

Submitted by Upama_Afreen_Kheya on September 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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