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.
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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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