Analysis of One Step forward
When I took one step forward towards the Sun; I fell back like thunderbolts of lightening; charred to an inconspicuous speck in the swirl of its stringently
sizzling rays,
When I took one step forward towards the Moon; I transited into a stupendously ravishing reverie in its profound shimmer; staggering inevitably towards realms
of inevitable unconsciousness,
When I took one step forward towards the volcano; I wafted into infinitesimal corridors of remote oblivion; thoroughly whipped by its gruesomely fulminating aura,
When I took one step forward towards the well; I abruptly found myself engulfed by a fleet of hostile crocodile; the diabolically forlorn waters trying to strangulate my body from all sides,
When I took one step forward towards the mirage; I soon realized I had been horrendously tricked; and all that I was able to capsize was sultry currents of
sweltering blank atmosphere,
When I took one step forward towards the thorn; I pierced the intricately rubicund skin of my foot; and a stream of crimson blood began to profusely ooze from
my despairing caricature,
When I took one step forward towards the ghost; I was encapsulated by a severely debilitating fever; with a wave of inexplicable disease lingering incessantly around my innocuous persona,
When I took one step forward towards the dinosaur; he pulverized me till my last bone had blended wholesomely with soil; blowing my existence forever from this planet; like bristles of the broomstick,
When I took one step forward towards sinking sand; I felt myself plummeting down towards the innermost belly of satanic mud; before even I had time to speak; the names of whom I overwhelmingly loved,
When I took one step forward towards the waves; I inadvertently stumbled into the tumultuously violent storm; and soon witnessed the menacing jaws of shark
marching down my throat,
When I took one step forward towards the rainbow; I found myself so profoundly entrenched by an infinite myriad of colors; that I almost forgot my original
identity in pragmatic life,
When I took one step forward towards the shattered glass; I glimpsed all contours of my countenance distorted hideously beyond the realms of ugliness; propelling me to swoon on the ground in sheer disbelief,
When I took one step forward towards the evening; I discovered nothing but morbid darkness; and an uncouthly eerie silence that confronted me; in whichever direction I transgressed,
When I took one step forward towards treacherous lies; after a while I found myself so pathetically entangled by the blanket of heinous lechery; that I even forgot to pronounce my name correctly,
When I took one step forward towards the serpents den; the blood in my veins froze in its very roots; as the venomous monster slapped me viciously with its mystical tongue,
When I took one step forward towards the ant; the diminutive parasite suddenly coalesced with infinite more of its kind; metamorphosed the skin of my cheeks
into a perpetual crimson; making my head bow down before my teacher in shame,
When I took one step forward towards the whispering leaves; each part of my visage was inundated with unfathomable frustration; as I simply couldn't make head or tail of the message they were trying to convey,
When I took one step forward towards the grave; I rebounded back countless feet in fraction seconds; as the unbearable agony of seeing my loved ones buried;
made me relinquish all traces of life,
While when I took one step forward towards my beloved; it was for the first time that each step of mine transformed into boundless more; and I kept marching with an invincible conviction; chanting the virtue of immortal love; till the last breath from my body flowed.
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Metre | 111111001011111111001110100100111100 1001 111111001011100010110010001011010001000011 101000100 1111110010010110010010010010101001001111110 11111100101101011011011101001011010110110111 11111100100111101111001011111011110101 100110 11111100101110100011111001110101101011 10101000 1111110010111010010010010010101101000110001000110100010 111111001010110111111101111010100101110110101 11111100110111110010101010101010110111110111101001 1111110010110100100101100101100100111 10111 11111100101111101001111001001101110110100 010000101 11111100101011111111000101000010111000101111010101 111111001010101010110100111010101010010010101 111111001100110011111010000101010110111100110111010 111111001010101011101101101001011100111001 1111110010100100101000111001111101111 0100100101011110111001 111111001010011111101100101000010111010111110101010101 11111100101101011010101010010010011011110 1101011011 1111111001101111011111110101101011101101000101001010101101111101 |
Characters | 3,702 |
Words | 616 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 112 |
Words per line (avg) | 23 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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