Analysis of Unaware



At days end, whilst legs kick
Dark portends, a fog thick

To the ceiling, directs the clock
Mind reeling, hands undo the lock

Space without time, unseen by others
Less the ghosts, hello my brothers!

A journey from a temporal home
Sent by cause and effect, judged to atone

A hole to be dug, no shovel needed
Indifferent bug, nails pleas go unheeded

The problem at hand, invisible in the slumber
Impossible to disband, unrelated to the umber

Interest accrues, the debt must be paid
Hell to eschew, before a corpse I am made

Slow meanderings, a cerebral haze
Purgatory, an unending maze.

For I am sleeping and walking,
My family, dead and haunting.


Scheme AA BB CC XX XX DD EE FF GG
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 111111 101011 10100101 11010101 101101110 10101110 010101001 1110011101 0111111010 0101111010 0101101000010 0100101010101 100101111 11010101111 1101001 10010101 11110010 11001010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 627
Words 114
Sentences 3
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on September 28, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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