Analysis of Shades of Grey
Age is the paramour of reason
And sex the jester of love
Your magic kept me pleading
As I learned what darkness was
Sleep is like a demon
Keeping you from giving
Taking me from grieving
Where the greyness stirs
Had a star in season
Twinkling and brimming
In my wasteful hands
Could it be the reason
Love is always fleeting
Why youth is always dreaming
In the warmless grey
Surrender speaks of mercy
Though the dullness hurts me
As I paint myself in ash.
| Scheme | AXBXABBX ABXABBX CCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110 0101011 1101110 1111101 111010 101110 101110 1011 101010 100010 01101 111010 11110 111110 0011 0101110 101011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 436 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on September 30, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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