Analysis of Alive but hollow.
I live but inside and throughout death is what you will see, Blinded by the corruption, brought upon by nobody but me.
I breath but there's no air to raise my chest, I always tried to be a good mother and daughter, I did my best.
My heart beats but there is no blood flowing through my cold body, I'm awake on the outside but inside I'm rotting.
My eye's blink but there dry and hollow, and for few I know this might be a hard pill to swallow.
I'm here but I'm gone, I tried to live right but was living all wrong.
My mouth moves as tho it is talking but not much comes out, it's time to man up slow, to speak not sit here and pout.
I'm warm to the touch you would think I could tell, if I'm dead or alive but get close and you'll smell, I've been stuck in this place I've created my own hell, am I dead or alive cause I can't even tell.
I'm numb to one's touch and I'm numb to one's lies, I'm here but I'm not so who lives inside.
Do they hear me ? Cause I can't the voice I once had is now dead, so how did I write this it came from my head, and it just may be the last poem of mine that gets to be read.
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Metre | 1110100111111110100101011111 11111111111111101100101111 1111111110111101011011101110 11111101001111111011110 1111111111111011 111111110111111111111111101 111011111111111011110111110111010111111101111101 111110111111111111101 111111101111111111111111110111101101111111 |
Characters | 1,114 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 92 |
Words per line (avg) | 26 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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