Analysis of The Blade
You’d think after years in the making,
the fury would somehow then fade.
But anger’s a potent emotion
that cuts like a double-edge blade.
You’ve tried grasping it with precision,
so as you hold on you won’t bleed.
No matter the tactic you’re using,
Internal is damage you feed.
Unwillingly, you become owner
of wrath you no longer can tame.
The bitterness felt for another
is self-injury now that you claim.
It’s wise not to hang on to fury.
Its shadow will never quite fade.
For anger’s a potent emotion
that cuts like a double-edge blade.
Scheme | abcB cdad efef xbcB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111010010 0101111 110010010 11101011 111011010 11111111 110010110 01011011 010010110 11111011 010011010 111001111 111111110 1111011 110010010 11101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 568 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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