Analysis of The Strain of Knowledge
I grew up overshadowed by knowledge
Where the books, spoke wisdom
Scenes of wild thoughts running untamed
Oh how I wished it were me
I got myself together and built a dream
In good hopes, I worked the mind
But come the boogieman the woods overwhelmed me
Down the long journey, how I wished I were myself
Since my soul left me, got no place to breathe
No one caring, No one around
There's a whisper in the Montana breeze
Grey foreheads build where the wind cries
Sun in the morning strangers, starlight in chains
Nothing matters, no words are spoken
The brook is silent now the water runs no more
And birds no longer fly, the sky is full of cries
The stars shine for others when my night is dark
A hole formed in my mind, but no damage was visible
Since knowledge left me, got no place to go
No one caring, No one around
Scheme | xxab xabx xA xcxx xcxx xA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 111010110 101110 1111101 1111101 1110100101 0111101 110101011 10110111101 1111111111 11101101 1010000101 1111011 1001010101 101011110 011101010111 011101011111 01111011111 01101111101100 1101111111 11101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 824 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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