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 |
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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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