Analysis of careening into the dead end.



we became the avalanche
tearing down the slope
the previous exploding sky
forgot to give us hope

ours might be the last of nights
where my thoughts could always stray
laying with the forgotten toys
we've had to put away

disappeared, our minds might find
lasting past our dawn
shared together, the scent of forever
gathering the stars that have gone

smile, the destined, we may be
in empty and the wake
dance the song we murder now
for forgiven memory's sake

laughter tried to fill the ocean
sadness stole the moon
and i sat lonely at the quake
these songs are out of tune

the finding may be all that's left
the curing is the reason
drifting along the souless sky
the silence is our treason.


Scheme XABA XCXC XDXD XEXE FGEG XFBF
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 10101 01000101 011111 10110111 111111 10100101 111101 0110111 101101 1010011010 10001111 1010111 010001 1011101 101011 10111010 10101 01110101 111111 01011111 0101010 1001011 01011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 667
Words 127
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Alexis Esteb

I am directed by emotions alone. I am quite lonely, often springing to tears for no reason. I have a tendency to absorb the emotions of anyone near me. more…

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