Analysis of Blink Of An Eye



One moment I had it all
The perfect girl,
Played college football,
I was on top of the world.
In blink of an eye you can fall.
It is tough when you fail
And the reasons why you can't control.
I know longer feel whole.
Spending many night searching my soul.
I never new the world could be so cold.
I pray that I can find my heart,
because right now I'm emotionally torn apart.
Sometimes late at night I ride and cry,
I wonder why I even try.
In the blink of an eye,
You can have a fractured dream,
And no longer gleam.
Lose your priceless diamond pearl,
Even though she was your world.
All within the blink of an eye.


Scheme ABACADEEEFGGHHHIIBCH
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1101111 0011 1101 1111101 01111111 111111 001011101 111011 101011011 1101011111 11111111 011110100101 011111101 11011101 001111 1110101 01101 1110101 1011111 10101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 597
Words 123
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 474
Words per stanza (avg) 123
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Submitted on November 11, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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