Analysis of Sadness



Across a darkened sky
a doleful moon glides.
Cloud covered countenance,
tears flood her eyes,
in unanimity, we cry.
Silence rumbles like thunder.
Stars curtsy in pungent grief.
Constellations sigh
their melodious cries,
to no avail, they weep.
They whimper on behalf of
radiance departed.
Woefully offering console to
the broken hearted.
All celestial heads bow and speculate
how you lost your way,
and what causes this frightful delay.
None can ease this wretchedness.
Ghastly disbelief gives way to
insufferable grief.


Scheme ABCDAEFADGHIJIKLLBJF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 010101 01011 110100 1101 0010011 1010110 1100101 0101 101001 110111 1101011 100010 100100101 01010 101011010 11111 011011001 11111 1001111 010001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 501
Words 81
Sentences 10
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 424
Words per stanza (avg) 81
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Submitted on September 29, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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