Analysis of next time
paper white skin & fragile bones,
she tried desperately to stand.
the satin of her white slippers fraying,
loose strands of hair tickling her face.
balance eluded her each time.
memory of the basic skill gone,
like a handicap.
like an amnesiac,
she simply lost the ability to recall
not just the basics of the skill itself,
but that the balancing act was even possible.
that she would ever be able to stand,
let alone walk on the rope.
that the combination of her anatomy
and the rope
had the innate capability of performing this act together.
she tried so hard to remember.
after each time, she tried to remind herself.
as if this knowledge would somehow comfort her during her time of suffering.
as if it would ease her mind,
the knowing that it would come back.
knowing that she would find the rope again.
that her fraying shoes would somehow hold her,
that she did not need the net below.
that all she needed was faith.
if only she could somehow remember next time...
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKBLMLNNJCOHPNQRE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 11100011 0101011010 1111101 10010011 100101011 1010 11010 11010010011 1101010101 1101001110100 1111011011 1011101 10010100100 001 10010100101011010 11111010 10111110101 111101110010011100 1111101 01011111 1011110101 101011110 111110101 1111011 11011101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 946 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 769 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 176 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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