Analysis of A blank page
I stare at a blank space
A piece of paper in my face
Empty, all the lines look the same
Borders set in a blank frame
Seems I haven't got the will
For words to pour out and fill
The pen lies on the page
As a sentence takes time to gage
Thoughts grind to a halt
It's not my fault
White, square, on the sheet
I need to motivate, to make words complete
Not sit here, and face defeat
Isn't life sweet?
Seems words have no respect
The bin over flows with screwed up balls that I reject
Papers in piles of reams
Frustration lets out screams
Just get the words rolling
Get the pen controlling
Let's get the flow
Get those words on the go
And there lays the lazy pen
I sit and stare at the empty page again
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFFFGGHHIIJJKK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 01110011 10101101 1010011 1110101 1111101 011101 10101111 11101 1111 11101 1111011101 1110101 1011 111101 0110111111101 100111 010111 110110 101010 1101 111101 0110101 11011010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 546 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 142 |
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