Analysis of Retrieved



Lifelessly she gazed up at the acoustic ceiling
As morose notes crept into the cramped room
Each note beckoning her deeper into the cold uncharted waters of the sirens song
While cavernous eyes gaped at her fragmented soul

She could feel the gaze burn holes into the grey matter set in her skull
She came to realize she had felt this skin prickling sensation before
Which only happened when darkness slipped through the cracks of the tear stained floor.
There was no knock or a ring of a bell

This uninvited guest cleaved to its host
Embracing her in the trap of its bosom  
Filling the mind with virulent deceit
Blinding her from the veritable reality

Through the veil she could hear a remnant of her past self
Exclaiming to her to slither from the iron clad grasp
Allow the dead scales and old skin of fear, regret, and rejection to fall away at last
Don’t allow the darkness to extinguish your flame

Or take away the skies of orange sorbet
Along with honey and strawberry kissed leaves that twirl and sway
With a hum of the nipping crisp air on a winters day
Whereas the breath of spring blooms reserving a garden for your extended stay


Scheme XXXX XAAX XXXX XXXX BBBB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (20%)
Metre 11111001010 1011101011 1110001001010101010101 110011101001 11101110101101001 1111011111101001 11010110110110111 1111101101 101011111 01000011110 1001110001 10010100010 1011110101011 01010110101011 0101101111010010110111 101010101011 1101011101 01110010111101 10110101110101 0101111010010110101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,151
Words 219
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 185
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted by Latriana1502 on February 10, 2024

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