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
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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Gabriel McBride

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