Analysis of Dark Moments
Sadie Shimel 2003 (Apple Valley, CA)
I think of skies,
I drink of memories that hold me tight,
Everything that’s done all right,
They fade into thin lines,
All about changing me,
Where do I draw the line?
Of picket fences & all the lemonade signs,
Where have I lost my mind?
Where have I lost my mind?
So out of touch with my heart,
I’ve sewed my skin that cuts me deep from within,
From the shattered walls inside my mind,
Where have I lost my mind?
Where have I lost my mind?
Have I lost the time?
Oh, tell me I didn’t mind,
Tell me I was brave enough somewhere along the line,
Here I am, 17,
Wondering why the world’s so mean,
23, resenting me,
35, forgot to breathe,
20 me, believe in me,
Seeking all these possibilities,
Look in deep,
Pulling out the demon inside of me,
I’ve sold my soul, but they don’t know,
Watching me, Tripping me,
Adding me up with the others, so I can’t see,
Blinding me from all the things I can be,
Making me believe no one has faith in me,
Dragging me in the deep with all the souls that no longer breathe,
Crushing me, Marking me, Hurting me,
Where have I lost my mind?
I’ve read the pages a thousand times,
Where have I lost my mind?
Somewhere along the line,
Have I lost the time?
Oh, tell me I didn’t mind,
Tell me I was brave enough somewhere along the line.
Scheme | xaa b cd b EE xxe EE FE D xxcgc xxc xccccgc E x E d FE D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1111001111 101111 110111 101101 111101 11010101011 111111 111111 1111111 11111111101 101010111 111111 111111 11101 111111 111110110101 111 10010111 0101 0111 10101 10110100 101 1010100111 11111111 101101 101110101111 1011101111 10101111101 101001110111101 101101101 111111 110100101 111111 10101 11101 111111 111110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,330 |
Words | 303 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 5, 3, 7, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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