Analysis of Asking About...
the poison of life,
making for the strife,
thoughts from the unknown,
weeds surrounding a seed sown...
each person different,
a mind for rent,
battling the unseen,
searching love serene...
...
how far from the mind; I must go,
to a realm I yet not know,
tasting each bitter fruit of the land,
trying to just understand...
simplicity; if common sense is used,
street smart abused, many confused,
as I look into the heart,
differently all are torn apart...
some born with riches,
other digging ditches,
many starving,
a hearts carving...
cut by lifes knife,
poisoned with its strife,
suffering in pain,
what must a soul gain...?
to be true,
to forgive,
each day due,
hard it can be to live...
hope;
a bridge connecting faith to love,
over troubled waters,
below all the above,
knowing what really matters...
Scheme | AABB XXCC DDEE FFGG HHII AAJJ KXKX XLMLM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011 10101 11001 1010011 110100 0111 100001 10101 1 11101111 1011111 101101101 101101 0100110111 11011001 1110101 10011101 11110 101010 1010 0110 1111 10111 10001 11011 111 101 111 111111 1 01010111 101010 011001 1011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 804 |
Words | 138 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 9, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on March 01, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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