Analysis of The Pain I Own
Broken feelings
My chest of gold
A ransom of torment
No trinkets sold
My treasure bounteous
Walls lined with blood
Its hurt and pain
I have withstood
The jewels lack sparkle
But shimmer deep
Their cut and clarity
My soul to keep
And words disloyal
Must leave this throne
Before the lid reopens
On the pain I own
(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2016)
| Scheme | ABXBAXXXCDEDCFXF E |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 1111 01011 1101 1101 1111 1101 1101 010110 1101 110100 1111 01010 1111 0101010 10111 010010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 335 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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