Analysis of Speechless to the End
Speechless to the End
I cannot speak
for words that are not clear
as a wasteland of misery
comes ever near
It rides on the winds
carried in a basket of hell
from the stream of a river
where nothing dwells
It is the evil that chills
all hearts and bones
that cast no life
on boulders or stones
Yet
from this river
of murk and reed
the demon comes to fill his needs
He feeds upon the vale
of mindless ones
leaving a dale
under a scorched burning sun
You cannot fight
what you cannot see
in a godless land
that hears no plea
We have become the makers
of our own demise
it should not come
as any surprise
Now we will remain speechless
to the very end
as we have cast our own shadow
with no hope to defend
| Scheme | A XBCB XXDX XEXE XDXX FXFX XCXC XGXG XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 1101 111111 1011100 1101 11101 10001011 1011010 1101 1101011 1101 1111 11011 1 1110 1101 01011111 110101 1101 1001 1001101 1101 11101 00101 1111 1101010 110101 1111 11001 1110110 10101 11111011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 669 |
| Words | 142 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 33 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on July 05, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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