Analysis of A Very Special Secret Place
There is a very secret place
Where I go and wish and hide.
A very special secret place
Where imaginings reside.
And in this world of make-believe
Where fantasies abound
I live and dream and hope to see
The best of life around.
Where morals rule and angels live
The Bible's still in print.
A friendly place, a happy home
Where all that could be, is!
I like to dream of love and things
And stuff quite off-the-wall.
Where life goes on and heaven waits
For ME to make the call.
Now here inside, this empty room
Where fantasies reside
Are sterile walls, a hollow tomb,
With dreams that now have died.
A barren heart, vacant thoughts
And dreams that can't come true
Are all I have, because I had
And now I don't have you...
Scheme | ABAB XCXC XXXX XDXD EBEB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 111010101 1110101 01010101 1101 00111101 110001 11010111 011101 11010101 010101 01010101 111111 11111101 011101 11110101 111101 11011101 110001 11010101 111111 0101101 011111 11110111 0111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 702 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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