Analysis of Final Fall



I would leave here tomorrow
Break the chains that bind me
Holding me like the crone's claws
Always testing the fatted flesh
Pinching and poking the life of me.

Cursed by this survivor world
It's base-line existence of pains
Tender feet walking broken glass trails
Path marked by blood and tear's ichor
Pleasures derived from brother victim's cries.

Left with only a promise, wisps
To succor pain in the next, emptiness
Condemned to stick it out, past usefulness
Never able to make sense or understand
Why our fate is not our own to complete?

Fear is the reward for the faithful
Caste over each mother's child
Uncertain future's grip the threads
Binding us to one another, searchers
For our final fall back to the beginning.


Scheme ABCXB XXXAX CDDXX XXXXX
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 111101 101111 1011011 110011 100100111 1110101 11101011 101101011 1111011 1001110101 11100101 1101001100 0111111100 1010111101 110111101101 110011010 1101101 01010101 1011101010 110101110010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 714
Words 127
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 146
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted on September 10, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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