Analysis of I was Awake



I was Awake

I was flying high high

in the wide wide sky.

An arrow shot me on the heart

I lost my senses

and went down

with all the force earth offered.

The door was ajar

A slight line of light came in

of freedom, of wisdom, of life

The door was shut with might and force

and I was sent off

A shout and a scream

and I was awake

they were talking

and I was eavesdropping

My heart stopped

as words came out of their mouths

sinking me deep deep in the earth

My vision blurred

My conscious gone

I was waiting patiently

for the time to stop

and swallow me in

I was a hunter of the wild

roaming in the jungles of light

admiring the shine

I've never seen

Nobody knows that I

was awake that night...


Scheme A B B X X X C X D X X X X A E E X X X C X X X D X F X X B F
Poetic Form Tetractys  (37%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 1101 111011 00111 11011101 11110 011 1101110 01101 0111110 11011011 01111101 01111 01001 01101 1010 01110 111 1111111 10111001 1101 1101 1110100 10111 01010 11010101 10001011 01001 1101 1111 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 927
Words 240
Sentences 4
Stanzas 30
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 18
Words per stanza (avg) 5

About this poem

This poem is about a person who is completely isolated from the world of happiness. One night she wakes up by the sound of people talking, epistemology of what they are talking about makes her wish the world to swallow her.

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Written on January 10, 2022

Submitted by sarakhan180106 on January 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:12 min read
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Sara Khan

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