Analysis of Midnight



In the middle of the silence
there's only breath and lonely thoughts
keeping me awake at midnight
reminding me of all my flaws

I could escape them under the covers
I could hide inside my dreams
wash away with late-night showers
but I need some sleep for such routines


Scheme XXXX AXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 00101010 11010101 1010111 01011111 1101110010 1110111 10111110 111111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 268
Words 50
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on March 26, 2023

Submitted by Berxiton on March 25, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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