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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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