Analysis of I took a breath
I took a breath.
The air wasn't fresh anymore:
Bitter, drunken, ignorant.
It crawled up my nostrils
Trying to not let me fall asleep.
Its sarcasm irritated my eyes
Making the tears explode on my face.
The air started execution of my heart
When turning into a vital oxygen.
It poisoned my mind with
Illusions and worn out dreams
Which have been loyally visiting
My head every night.
The air convinced my body at last:
Bitter, drunken, ignorant is
Better than lonely!
Or is it?
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQ |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 0110101 1010100 111110 101111101 11010011 100101111 0110010111 11001010100 110111 0100111 111100100 111001 010111011 10101001 10110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 459 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 17 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 376 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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