Analysis of Purgatory
In the realm of shadows, where nightmares take flight,
Lies a haunting place, engulfed in eternal night.
Purgatory, a bad dream, where souls are confined,
Tormented and lost, in a realm undefined.
Within these forsaken walls, whispers softly sigh,
Echoing despair as time slowly drifts by.
Grim specters wander, their faces lined with dread,
Tangled in a web of darkness, where hope is dead.
In this twisted realm, dreams turn into decay,
Where twisted illusions hold their wicked sway.
Visions of despair dance upon tortured minds,
As screams of anguish echo, the lost souls it finds.
The air is thick with sorrow, a suffocating mire,
As specters claw at sanity, fueling the fire.
Ghosts of remorse and regret, forever trapped,
Their sins and mistakes, relentlessly rapped.
A labyrinth of despair, with no escape in sight,
Purgatory's grip tightens, extinguishing the light.
Each step forward, a step into endless despair,
Caught in this bad dream, in a never-ending snare.
Oh, purgatory, a twisted nightmare's domain,
Where souls are trapped in anguish, forever in pain.
May we wake from this torment, break free from its hold,
And find solace and peace in a reality yet untold.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF XXGG AAHH IIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 001111111 101010100101 10001111101 100100101 011010110101 10001111011 1110110111 100011101111 01101110101 11001011101 10101101101 111101001111 011111001001 111110010010 11010010101 1100101001 010101110101 1110010001 111001011001 101110010101 1100010101 111101001001 11111111111 0110010010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,185 |
Words | 222 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Is about a bad dream that shook me for awhile
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