Analysis of Melancholy



Sunflowers, a sea of yellow stars,
Sleeping inside my madness, they are my music
my art, my desire.
Flowing on for ever, a silent song,
heard by my mind still, over the years;
the dance, the sleepy lullaby,
the jaunty vocalist forever in my thoughts.
I look within, with delicate, soft eyes,
A tear is shed, memories of rain drops
falling on an old tin roof, striking the earth,
recollections of thunder's roar on a stormy night.
Cold tears comfort me now, I without a heart
The sunflowers without lights glow,
Together alone.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMN
Poetic Form
Metre 10011101 100111011110 111010 1011100101 111111001 0101010 010100010011 1101110011 0111100111 10111111001 01011110101 11101110101 0100111 01001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 513
Words 93
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 411
Words per stanza (avg) 93
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 29, 2023

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