Analysis of Flash-Forward To The Present
Rapid deceleration adds a headache to my blurry vision.
A premonition hanging over me – a train wreck.
Oh, did I fail to mention, that this metal prison,
is where our depressions get the best of us,
invest in us, testing us?
And all I can do is ride on,
stride on and warn the others, my brothers
that their escape is in the wake of a mistake they've already made…
For no one can hear me through this plated glass,
and by the time they're inside, it's already too late, I guess.
The gates lock behind them,
the car begins to fill with water,
when the bridge below us topples,
and we're left floating like a bobber.
But we've been filled with lead
and soon the sinking feeling begins,
but the expected feeling of dread stays at bay
as our life flashes before our eyes,
year by year, day by day.
It's only a blink, but it's enough time to think
that we've served our purpose on this earth.
And that “lead” is only a reflection of our self-worth.
Heavy with regret we no longer are,
as we ascend the rustic stairway to the great beyond
and when they unearth our bodies
from the bottom of this pond
they'll know,
we're finally home, and not long gone.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100010101111010 0001010101011 1111110111010 111001010111 0101101 01111111 1101010110 11011001100110101 11111111101 010110110101111 011011 010111110 10101110 011101010 111111 010101001 100101011111 11011001101 111111 110011101111 1111010111 011110001011011 1010111101 1101010110101 011011010 1010111 11 110010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,128 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 886 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 218 |
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Submitted on September 25, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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