Analysis of Light Over Darkness



This once tortured heart of mine
Once asked for a sign,
Wondering how and when to escape
Before everything’s too late.

This once destroyed peace of mind,
Wants to leave everything behind.
To start searching for the light,
So, it will no longer fright.

This once unstoppable sorrow,
Didn’t know which direction to follow,
Wandering around to see,
Who will come and hear my plea.

Then one day I hear a voice saying,
“You don’t have to live in darkness.”
Then, I went down on my knees, praying,
“Please take away my weakness!”

Slowly, darkness starts fading away,
As the light begins to stay,
Now the life that once filled with mess,
Found the light over darkness.


Scheme AAXX BBCC DDEE FGFG HHXG
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1110111 11101 100101101 011011 1101111 1111001 1110101 1111101 11010010 111010110 1000111 1110111 111110110 11111010 111111110 1101110 101011001 1010111 10111111 1011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 679
Words 138
Sentences 7
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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This poem was just recently created and talks about how a person's life changed from living in the darkness to finding the path back to the light.

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Submitted by mpagulay on March 20, 2023

Modified on March 22, 2023

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Mari Cris Stone

When I was a child, I used to have a notebook of poetry but unsure where it is now. Currently residing in Alabama with my husband and 2 children. I was getting bored the other day and decided to create one poetry just to see if I still got it. Hopefully this is just a start. :) more…

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