The Night...
Am I sleeping?
Or still awake?
What time of night is this?
A heavy load
Is on my chest
I gasp, I breathe heavy
The darkness
and the distant light
Is this but a dream?
The silence outside
Grave within
Should I sprint or scream?
My legs are firmly
On the ground
Yet the floor I do not feel
Something's coming
From behind
I am scared to turn around
I want to reach
The light In front
I can barely move my feet
Cold and numb
In quandary now
Should I wake or go to sleep?
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXX XXB XXC XXC BDX AXD XXX XXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 443 |
Words | 96 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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