Analysis of bitter old man
each day i sit
and watch the light
drain from your face
into the night
from concious mind
into the deepest sleep
i hear those stutters
of the fear that creep
when my eyes open
as i taste the wake
my first thought is of you
and the next breath you take
as you stumble up
from your lay of state
i cant but wonder
are you punished by fate
left alone
in this barren place
forever cursed
to wear this face
quietly pleading
the morning away
that this may be
your final day
Scheme | XABA XCXC XDXD XEXE XBXB XFXF |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1111 0101 1111 0101 111 010101 11110 10111 11110 11101 111111 001111 11101 11111 11110 111011 101 01101 0101 1111 10010 01001 1111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 451 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on October 09, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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