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 |
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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
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