Analysis of Nostalgia
I feel of rebirth and life
Of a past time of miracle
Before I gained this maiden name
Encaged by a pronounced knife
That I once loved and cherished
The beauty that once stole my heart
And soothed I so dearly
Has begotten me from the start
Of foolish mistakes upon thin lies
To promise and hold me tight as air
And be left to sob between ravished cries
By allure but deceiving structures
From blistering roses stained in blood
In this open rain of gleaming loss
Washed away in a puddles flood
Of sorrow droplets absorbed in moss
To leave behind a Goddess of love
That stowed your heart in darling care
And sang in angels tongue of sworn love
Only to leave the bottom stair
Scheme | AXXA XBXB CDCX EFEF GDGD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1110101 10111100 01111101 110011 1111010 01011111 011110 10101101 110010111 110011111 011110111 101101010 110010101 011011101 10100101 110100101 110101011 11110101 010101111 10110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 652 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on October 15, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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