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
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

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Is about a bad dream that shook me for awhile

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Written on December 06, 2023

Submitted by nikkiziehl on December 06, 2023

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Nikki Ziehl

Nikki Ziehl is a Zimbabwean writer who has published two children stories and numerous articles for magazines in the Uk. more…

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