Analysis of Torn
Tattered edges
yellowed with time
stains long forgotten
just memories lost
binding is cracked
paint flaked away
fine cotton string
loops empty and broke
pages are missing
memories ripped away
words half remembered
stories fading away
years since it once was
new on the shelf
wonders unknown yet
still waiting to be read
pages are lost now
cruelly torn away
fate is uncaring
of tears shed in pain
long are the nights now
and empty the days
sorrow and tears fill them
yet pain still remains
empty the shelf now
all lost in time
cracked words on the binding
all that remain
Scheme | XAXX XBCX CBXB XXXX DBCE DXXX DACE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 111 11010 11001 1011 1101 1101 11001 10110 100101 11010 101001 11111 1101 10011 110111 10111 10101 11010 11101 11011 01001 100111 11101 10011 1101 111010 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 590 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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