Analysis of Departure.
Soft yet so undeniably broken,
alone yet so adored
she doesn't see her beauty, this she has spoken.
she hath no meekness, thus she plunged her heart upside an ivory sword
Where did i go wrong?
She had never shown her pain.
Should I have known this all along?
I need her here, I wish i felt her shame.
Here I sit, with her icy flesh pressed to mine,
As her life drips out of her veins...
I wish she had given me a sign....
Now the Night Mare cometh, I've lost my grip and cannot pull the reins.
The sun has gone away,
and the cold winds have come to take you from me.
It hurts me, to forget this day.
you have disappeared forever, all that you were, and all you'll be.
Goodbye my love.
Although you have gone,
you shall remain with me, my dove.
hence forth I'll wait to be with you, from dusk until dawn.
Your departure is not the end.
Let the morning forgive you.
For your soul will rise and descend,
and for all you have done, our hearts are with you.
Scheme | ABAB CXCX DEDE FGFG HIHI JKJK |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 111010010 011101 110101011110 1111111011111001 11111 1110101 11111101 1101111101 11110101111 10111101 111110101 1011101111010101 011101 00111111111 11110111 110101011100111 111 1111 11011111 1111111111011 10101101 1010011 11111001 011111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 929 |
Words | 189 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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