Analysis of A lifetime of war, from the innocence lost
I stand in silence and try to find,
my soul's calmness and peace at mind.
This war I fight I pray I fare,
for within it's path is pain and dispair.
I pull from deap within my soul,
the strength I need to find control.
I feel like a ship lost at sea,
with the waves of life crashing down upon me.
I fight and I beg for my life line,
but the storm battles on within my mind.
I wait for the day and hope at best,
for the day this burden is lifted from my chest.
I wear this scar, but no one can see,
for the wound is deep from within me.
For now I keep on the path to find,
my souls calmness and peace at mind.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100111 11100111 11111111 1011111001 11110111 01111101 11101111 10111101011 110111111 1011010111 111010111 101110110111 111111111 101111011 111110111 11100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 592 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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