Analysis of Scapular Burning
What are we but relics
of time gone by
Where painful encounters
stay undenied
The wounds may scar over
but never heal
As memory is martyred
its blood congealed
New skin tries to cover
what sutures can’t hide
Each moment recovered
a falsehood decried
With strength built on pillars
of fortunes disdain
From deep in the shadows
—our essence remains
(Dreamsleep: January, 2023)
| Scheme | XX AB CX BB CB BB AX XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 1111 110010 11 011110 1101 1100110 1101 111110 11011 110010 0101 111110 11001 11001 101001 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 387 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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