Analysis of Falling
Suddenly I was falling.
I did not know how or where
It was as if I had a strange calling.
A calling that sent me falling.
As I fell I began to yell.
When I stopped it was hard to tell.
I was sitting in a chair
In a room that had no floor.
The only thing there was a red door.
When the door opened I got quite a scare.
For in the door it was me standing there.
I got up and walked over to me.
I strained my eyes trying to see.
Then I asked myself why was I there.
I told myself I had been dead for over a year.
What I told myself made me feel fear.
I had lost all I hold dear.
I took one last look at my face.
Then I left that place.
I flew to a place where I could be free.
And I would never again have to look at me.
Scheme | ABAACC BDDBB EEBFF FGGEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001110 1111111 1111110110 01011110 11110111 11111111 1110001 0011111 010111011 1011011101 1001111101 111011011 11111011 11111111 111111111001 11111111 1111111 11111111 11111 1110111111 011100111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 162 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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