Analysis of Simply Darkness Now
Your grief is simply darkness now:
no tear, no ache, no rage.
Turn off all lights with the last bow and wage an empty stage.
Your font is simply a warped print:
no cast, no trace, no mark.
Turn off all dyes with the last stint and park an empty lark.
Your mood is simply somber grave:
no hope, no sun, no joy.
Turn off all awe with the last rave and cloy an empty ploy.
Your faith is simply a pale trust:
no depth, no rock, no stand.
Turn off all yens with the last thrust and land an empty hand.
Your view is simply dismal murk:
no chance, no fate, no luck.
Turn off all bets with the last perk and duck an empty pluck.
Your heart is simply a black hole:
no peak, no side, no base.
Turn off all bells with the last toll and face an empty grace.
Scheme | ABBCDDEFFGHHIJJKLL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 111111 11111011011101 11110011 111111 11111011011101 11110101 111111 11111011011101 11110011 111111 11111011011101 11110101 111111 11111011011101 11110011 111111 11111011011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 563 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 153 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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