Analysis of Thoughtless Daggers
Bianca L Coetzee 1987 (Sandton)
The black deception of your lies enfolds me,
clasping me in its greedy paws
slowly, meticulously dismantling it.
Your flowing words scrub harshly at my soul,
forming deep abrasions on its gentle surface
Yet you continue to smile , laugh and live your life
not knowing what your thoughtless has done.
My heart and soul crumble into nothingness
and only my empty skeleton keeps me standing.
I compose myself and shift mechanically onwards;
but I often stumble
whenever your words
drive thoughtless daggers
though me
Scheme | AXX XB XX BX CXCXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101011111 1101101 100100001001 1101110111 101010111010 110101110111 110111011 11011001100 0101101001110 101101010010 111010 01011 11010 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 2, 2, 5 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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