Analysis of I Saw It All
The dark lit my mind like a lucid dream
I saw it all when ev’ry light went out
It’s all I can do to hold back a shout
That sound you have heard may have been a scream
A scent in the air warns of things hidden
She came from the dark, her hair hanging free
You see in her eyes the horror of deeds
The feeling you sense is here unbidden
It’s here now, the memories come later
She speaks and you hear a voice familiar
See now why you often reach for the jar
A hunger that will never be sated
She looks so sad she must know its over
Maybe its anger, run for the cover
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110101 111111111 1111111101 1111111101 0100111110 1110101101 1100101011 01011111 1110100110 1101101010 1111101101 0101110110 1111111110 1011011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 555 |
Words | 119 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on March 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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