Analysis of cold nights, hot days



No walls around this trap
I walked and walked to reach a love
For I knew across that devilish world a better life awaited.
 Although his face was a blur in my mind, and her soft touch had vanished from my skin,
 My growling stomach only knew that it would be full once i arrived home.
 A million footsteps on the sand were floundered by the wind.
Only skeletons remained, they did not fear.
 The fear however dwells within me,
Just by reminiscing those two days I can presence the burning sun.
The strength i carried overcame my fears
So i walked across the desert with my brand new boots.
I managed to ignore the coyotes that surrounded me,
They could savor my small body in their jaws,
I could taste water on my lips.
The Trail of fears came to its end,
 Unlike many i survived.
Twelve years later not only in dreams i feel the hot days and the cold nights follow me thru this path.
The sand rouse to be a city, the coyotes are human like.
 I no longer need water, for there is a shadow above me.
His face disappeared but her touch remained still as i keep walking on the other side of that wall-less trap.
 I find myself still living hot days and cold nights in a different land.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKHLMNOPQHAR
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 11011101 1110111010101010 1111010110011110111 110101011111111011 0101101010101 10100011111 01101011 1101011111100101 0111010111 1110101011111 110101001010101 11101110011 11110111 01111111 0110101 111011001110110011101111 0111101000101101 111011011101011 1101101011111101010111111 11111011011001001
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,162
Words 226
Sentences 13
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 44
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 927
Words per stanza (avg) 226
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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