Analysis of Sleepless Nights
Your thoughts hold
My heart prisoned
And my sleep eludes
As scenes in me unfold.
I stand at a cross-road
Again read your letters
The love each word exudes
Leaves me arms crossed and cold.
It's been a fortnight
That my soul relished not a sleep
My hollow inside concludes
You stole my sleep-right.
I must have stole yours too
For the mail man again
Out there in the rain
Has dropped the inked-you.
My sleepness night continues
As I await your coming news
A million miles away
For the day, I earnestly pray.
| Scheme | AXBA XXBA CXBC DXXD EEFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (30%) Quatrain (20%) |
| Metre | 111 1110 01101 110101 111011 011110 011101 111101 1101 11110101 1100101 11111 111111 101101 11001 11011 111010 11011101 010101 10111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 505 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on November 25, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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