Analysis of The Pit
In the darkness, my loneliness grows;
like the pedals of your black rose.
The aroma of solitude, fills my nose;
and the growing of my hope slows.
Falling deep into the well of sorrow;
where the dawn of tomorrow, you borrow.
Deep within the pit where I wallow;
wishing only that you would follow.
Going so deeply, I think I'll drown;
wearing not a smile, but only a frown.
You hide and watch, as I'm going down;
knowing all along, I was your clown.
But in this darkness, I refuse to sit;
so alone, I start to climb out of this pit.
No one around to see my wild fit;
and once again my light is lit.
Only to fall down into despair;
holding back and choking the air.
This is the pain, I would like to share;
only with you, will I begin to care.
Scheme | AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EEEE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 001011001 10101111 0010110111 00101111 1010101110 10110111 101011110 101011110 101101111 1010111001 110111101 101011111 1011010111 10111111111 110111111 01011111 101110101 10101001 110111111 1011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on February 04, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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