Analysis of Nocturnal Horizons
Scott Felgner 1979 (Ridgewood, New Jersey)
Read into what is not there
Misdiagnose your fear in me
Teach me what is right
Make me fear what is real
Your desire is my self independence
Your history reincarnated in my future
Lead me to the darkness
So you can be the light
Instigate our bitter rivalry
So you can be the hero
So you can be the peacemaker
So you can wonder why I have hatred for you
Child to increasing delusions
Mother to increasing rebellion
Sit back and watch my transformation
Only to correct the steps I make
So you look better and not so fake
I look to the horizon every night
It changes every time I blink
I begin to question my sight
I feel my soul begin to sink
I cannot do this alone
I cannot find my soul a home
Scheme | XABX XCXB AXCX XDDEE BFBFXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 0011101 11111 111111 1010111010 11000100110 111010 111101 101010100 1111010 1111010 111101111011 11010010 101010010 11011010 101010111 111100111 11100101001 110100111 10111011 11110111 1101101 11011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 705 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 111 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on April 30, 2023
Submitted by scottf.09575 on April 30, 2023
Modified on April 30, 2023
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