Analysis of Porcelain sentry



On a tight rope above the void
A precarious porcelain sentry
My sanity stands guard
Refusing repressed rage entry

Mold covered memories
Reek from the corners where they hide
Of summers in the sun
Splashing in the tide

Muttering in under tones
Dementia’s pacing the floor.
Beckoning chaos inside,
Paranoia’s fidgeting at the door

With one final prod
The sentry takes a fall
Slitting my wrists with the feather of despair
Give way to darkness, give way to all


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCBC XDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 10110101 0010010010 110011 01001110 110100 11010111 110001 10001 1000101 11001 1001001 1100101 11101 010101 10111010101 111101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 446
Words 79
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by leol.15970 on May 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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