Analysis of Nothing There.
Mark Broughton. 2022 (Moston)
I can imagine the resignation in your eyes,
as you finally see what lies inside.
There's nothing there, there never was.
Nothing to miss, no sense of loss.
Just turn the page and close the book,
I'm never worth another look.
Projections of things you thought were there
had shone so briefly in thin air,
but never substance, never clear.
No oasis, just desert here.
You'll cross the road or turn away,
I'll play along, it's best that way.
Another part death to keep inside
my private hell and public pride.
I'll never scream nor mourn my loss,
just carry on and count the cost.
A cost so high it almost kills me
daily, weekly, monthly, yearly.
You'll never miss me, never care.
How could you? There was nothing there.
Scheme | ABCDEEFFGHIIBBDJKKFF |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (25%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 110100010011 1110011101 11011101 10111111 11010101 11010101 010111101 11110011 11010101 10101101 11011101 11011111 010111101 11010101 11011111 11010101 01111111 10101010 11011101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 718 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 554 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
About this poem
Written a few years ago. A lesson learned about myself. Style over substance.
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