Analysis of 5th Avenue
Someone's Son-
His dark eyes speak the majesty of his soul.
One can tell he's worn a heavy cloak of fears-
And seldom felt the gentle touch of a kind word.
The music of life weaves about him - lingering-
Never to fall upon deaf ears.
He eats his paper breakfast -
Chewing only halfheartedly; staggering-
Washing it down with a swallow of his soul.
Joys of youth forgotten-
Shrouded in the cobwebs of his confusion
They no longer matter in his lackluster world.
Surely there once was a name
that suited him better -
but the countless, faceless passing through
refer to him as "5th Avenue".
Scheme | ABCXDC XDB AAX XXEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 11110100111 11111010111 010101011011 010111011100 10110111 1111010 10101100 10111010111 111010 1000111010 11101001101 1011101 110110 101010101 011111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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