Analysis of Nothing Left
Always the more I give
the less I get
You take so much
That I've got nothing left
Once I'm strong
Break my walls down again
And somehow
I forget
Not to let you back in
This constant warfare in my head
Haunts me as I go to bed
And in my dreams
It's just us two
A happy me, A kinder you
But when I wake
My empty chest
Reminds me
Of my nothing left
My everything you stole from me
And how my dreams will never be.
| Scheme | XAXB XXXAX CCXDD XXEBEE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) Etheree (35%) |
| Metre | 10111 0111 1111 111101 111 111101 01 101 111110 1101011 1111111 0011 1111 01010101 1111 1101 011 11101 1101111 01111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 28, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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