Analysis of Faltering
I tread a land so sadly strange
The world around me slowed and changed
I only saw a ghostly haze
Which veiled my melancholic gaze
It felt like rain which pattered lightly
It drowned my sorrow ever slightly
On my florid feet I felt
A marble cold as hail's pelt
Reality I could not waive,
I stood upon a vacant grave
The ground beneath me caving in
My demons clawed against my skin
Consuming me, my very core
My soul was drained, like rain it poured
"Goodbye!" I cried to none at all
Only death has seen me fall
I know now, that when moonlight beams,
I walk within the devil's dream
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 01011101 11010101 1110101 111111010 111101010 1110111 0101111 101111 11010101 01011100 11010111 01011101 11111111 1111111 1011111 1111111 11010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 563 |
Words | 113 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 459 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 112 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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