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 |
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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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