Analysis of This Restless Divide
the sky is turning dark
the stars are all aligned
july is the time to lie
about where you've been and where you're going to
the raindrops falling down
here we are crossed between this restless divide
remember the way you used to
tell me that everything's gonna be alright
to die is to live again
the scars are all inside
wonder why the lies
never end up the way you want them to be
the angels are falling down
oh god how divine
this bitter earth we tread upon
has become a battleground
despised by all the rest
inside all we have is death
we lie to ourselves each and everyday
to make the pain go away
Scheme | XXXA BCAX XCXX BXXX XXDD |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 011101 011101 110111 01111011101 01101 11110111001 01001111 111101011 1111101 011101 10101 10110111111 0101101 11101 11011101 101010 011101 0111111 11100110101 1101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on November 03, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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