Analysis of Freefall
Leo Long 1986 (Durban)
I feel myself dropping
Falling from the skies
My hands grasping wildly
As the clouds whisp on by
The pitch of night surrounds me
Swallowing up my cries
Evil stars they wink at me
As onward down I fly
My life flashes before me
In slow motion I see you leave
Our love in a thousand pieces
Drifts off in the cold breeze
Shattered now I lay
On the rocks of despair
Red flows my emotions
From the broken heart I bare
| Scheme | XABC BABC BXXX XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 11110 10101 111010 101111 0111011 100111 1011111 110111 1110011 01101111 101001010 110011 10111 101101 111010 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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