Analysis of Prison Of Care
Believing the heart to be true to it's calling,
While wrapping it safely in caution's warm quilt,
Flying too close to the flame that entrances,
Hope's wings have been singed both by trust and by guilt.
Forging through pain that had sought to destroy her,
Enveloped in memories she wanders through time,
Revelling in feelings too distant to waken,
Provoking the heart to speak freely in rhyme.
Love can not lend her the courage to fight on,
Memories can't save her, nor send aid to bear,
They stand by her helplessly watching and waiting,
For silence to meet with her cowardice there.
She stands at the door, and yearns to step through it,
To the side of the threshold that pain can not touch,
Her heart beating ardently, longing for refuge,
But refuge at this point is asking too much.
Tomorrow may bring the resolve she so yearns for,
To stand up and walk as though none were aware,
Of the shame, and remorse she's allowed to enslave her,
To break free for all time from this prison of care.
Scheme | ABXB CDXD XEAE XFXF XECE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010011111110 1101100111 10111011100 11111111011 10111111010 010010011011 1010110110 01001111001 11110010111 10011011111 111010010010 11011101001 11101011111 10110111111 011010010110 11011111011 01110011111 11101111001 1010011011010 111111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 973 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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