Analysis of Stones
Lost and confused living in this nightmare which I call my life,
my world is crumbling one stone at a time.
Just as I think this nightmare is ending,
it comes alive with even more force than before.
All of the stones have names and as I look closer,they have faces too. Sooner or later, the stones will destroy themselves
or will it be me that destroys the stones?
As my eyes begin to open, I realize that the pile of stones is falling.
Falling straight at me. I can't run nor can I hide.
Wherever I go they are there.
And soon they close in around me until I no longer know
where one ends and another begins. They close in around me,
closer and closer to where I can no longer breathe.
In this instance, I realize it is me that destroyed the stones
and in the process, destroyed myself.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011001111111 11110011101 111111110 110111011101 110111011111101101100110101 1111110101 1110111011010111110 101111111111 01011111 011100110111101 111001001110011 1001011111101 011011011110101 0001011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 786 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 44 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 616 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 152 |
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Submitted on July 03, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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