Analysis of Finding the key



Finding the key

He's putting his life in order

He's not a kid no more

Took him a long time growing up

Through all the inner wars

But now he's getting there at last

He's climbing through the mist

He's putting things in order

He will not be dismissed.

For many years a beast kept under

Will rot within his cage

He'll seethe within with fury

Because of inner rage

But then one day the man looks in

And sees that blessed beast

He sees that it can't really hurt him

Not even in the least.

He learns then at a deep, deep level

That the beast it has no power.

It be the mark of the fearful man

Who truly will not flower

He's let the beast so cower him

That he stands there looking scared

Yet look the fear right in the eye

And the truth be everywhere

He must recognize his jailor

And say “Give me the key!!!”

Then he know it's he that's holding

The end to misery

He has to learn to like himself

That's the only way to go

To bring those shadows to the light

And feel his life just flow

He must rest within his glory

It's the only way to go

Let the light come into him

And feel that inner glow

Then never will these prison walls

Take hold of him again

Because he'll hold the key to freedom

From all his inner pain.

11 December 2013 @ 1755hrs.


Scheme A B X X C X D B D B E A E X F G F X B X B G X X X B A X A X H X H A H G H X X X X C
Poetic Form
Metre 1001 11011010 110111 11011101 110101 11110111 110101 1101010 111101 110101110 110111 1101110 011101 11110110 01111 111111011 110001 111101110 10111110 110110101 1101110 11011101 1111101 11011001 001110 111011 011101 11111110 011100 11111101 1010111 1111101 011111 11101110 1010111 1011011 011101 11011101 111101 011101110 111101 0101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,196
Words 250
Sentences 7
Stanzas 42
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, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 23
Words per stanza (avg) 6
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Submitted on July 17, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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