Analysis of The Spirit Is Lost
When were you lost?
While you were out at sea?
Was it in a dark place?
Like a forest filled with weeds?
Did you lose track of time
Because you lost your watch?
Or was it broken into pieces
And then time just stopped
The wind took the pieces
Then it blew them all away.
They lay on the ground sparkling
With the light of the day.
When the day is the dawn
And the dawn turns to night
Then the dusk grabs the candle
And blows out all the light.
Did we lose the sun then?
No, its still up in the sky.
And we left it hanging there
Without even saying goodbye.
Were you sneaking through the desert
Then blown up by a mine?
Did I lose you right then
Just like I lost my mind?
How were you found?
When you took the angel's hand?
When the plane found the runway,
Lowered its gear, and started to land?
Did the angel take life's tunnel
And found you in its maze?
Then it took you by your hand and led you
Through the deep fog and purple haze?
Did it open up your eyes
When you were caught in a gaze?
Did it clear your mind
When it found you in a daze?
The angel helped you up life coaster,
through a loop, and back down
Then it held you so tightly
While you spun around and around
The angel kept all of your secrets
And it protected you like a shield
And when you were moving way too fast
It told you, "Peace, be still"
You wouldn't give this up
No, not at any cost?
Is that the moment when
You found yourself lost?
Scheme | ABXX XXCX CDXD XEFE GHXH XXGI JKDK FLXL XLIL XXBJ XXXX XXGA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1011 110111 110011 1010111 111111 011111 111100110 01111 011010 1111101 1110110 101101 101101 001111 1011010 011101 111011 1111001 0111101 0110101 01101010 111101 111111 111111 1011 111011 101101 101101011 10101110 011011 1111111011 10110101 1110111 1101001 11111 1111001 010111110 101011 1111110 11101001 010111110 010101101 011010111 111111 110111 111101 110101 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,358 |
Words | 287 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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