Analysis of running away from things.
creep in over me
mist of water-like emotion
you get the notion
its not always the same
the quest is failing
the sky fell in my hands
the crowd watched, all frozen in the stands
there is no background noise
no cheering, no screams
there is no way to know
let everything go
time crawls; it is so slow
the cry is of hunting and haste
the steps are light, such flighty grace
only words at steady pace
run away, this is a path leading astray.
| Scheme | XAAX XBBX XCCC XDDX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 11101010 11010 11101 01110 011011 011110001 11111 11011 111111 1101 111111 01111001 01111101 1011101 10111011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 422 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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