Analysis of Guilty Conscious



Far down in a place that no one knows
Buried so deep the possibility of retreat is
inevitable
The abililty to speak is impossible
And the action of discovery brings more pain
than can bare

And even if you knew
If my soul would read like a book
You still couldn't understand or comprehend
But if you think you can and if you must
Then open me and read my thoughts and know
my past
And let the blood of my soul pour out
Upon the streets of my Guilty Conscious
And the hatred of my self existence


Scheme XXAAXX XXXXXXXXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (33%)
Metre 110011111 1011001001011 01000 011110100 001010100111 111 010111 11111101 111001101 1111110111 1101011101 11 010111111 0101111010 0010111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 479
Words 98
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 9
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 198
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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