Analysis of Pagliacci's Cage
You appear to me like sun’s golden clouds.
The fair heavens enjoy subtle company.
The light breaks through your perfectly placed shrouds,
With the ease of a softly played symphony.
Your rays of beauty flash quickly through my mind.
Our pasts swiftly collide, crash like thunder.
Forceful feelings of allegiance leave me blind,
Precisely how lightning yields me in wonder.
But, your infidelity left me no choice.
Quiet rage took away every lone breath.
Each lying word took credence from your voice.
Uncontrolled wrath led me to gift you with death.
While in my cell, the future stands uncertain.
My last chance at freedom fell with the curtain.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean sonnet |
Metre | 1011111101 01100110100 0111110011 10110101100 11110110111 10110011110 10101010111 01011011010 1101001111 10110110011 1101110111 0111111111 10110101010 11111011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 633 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 519 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 108 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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