Analysis of All the Same
Charlene Delfin 1990 (Mandaluyong City)
Multiple paths that can carry.
Painful, difficult to the mind.
Almost permanent quandary.
Never gentle and never kind,
As the vision becomes blurry
Against hot water that flows behind.
Blocked paths through the giant, green maze
In the dark, lone and chilling night.
Through the seasons and all the days,
The path grows narrower and tight.
"It's the other way," the voice says.
More voices might join in, they might.
If only there was one way out
Without this wandering about
With the compass not going south.
It's truly bad when you've been here
For a long time. When you can't see
Anything without the deep fear
That you'll just go back and then see
Nothing near to logic, not near.
As the far, gentle sunshines slant,
Just accept that you will be here.
Scheme | A B A B A B C D C D X D E E X F A G A G X F |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10011110 10100101 1100100 10100101 10100110 011101101 11101011 00110101 10100101 01110001 10101011 11011011 11011111 01110001 10101101 11011111 10111111 1001011 11111011 10111011 1011011 10111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 744 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 27 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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