Analysis of My Blank Brain



Sometimes I just sit and think
Of what I'm going to write.

Other times it hits me fast,
And my mind takes off in flight.

My head is full of Images
That want to jump outside my brain

When I get some thoughts like this
They come in Sun or Rain.

But other times my mind's a blank
There is nothing left too say

So I cast away all of my doubts,
And write something anyway

This is what you get tonight
From the blank brain in my head

I'm sorry it isn't better
I guess I need to go to bed.


Scheme XA XA XB XB XC XC AD XD
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101 1111011 1011111 0111101 11111100 11111111 1111111 110111 11011101 1110111 111011111 011010 1111101 1011011 11011010 11111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 467
Words 102
Sentences 4
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 46
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on January 21, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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