Analysis of getting back



in darkness,
I was dreaming...
my hands flew
away, as birds,
my head,
a cage broke
in an instant
into pieces,
I heard a cracking
sound,
my feet melted,
chains transformed
as a garland that
freed as flowers,

slowly, I gave away
everything I had
with grace,
my body,

its parts adorned
the garden, the sky,
the ground,
yet, I was complete,
until I woke up,

in a second, I got
back everything I lost,

broken,
with thoughts,
words,

imperceptible virus,
black fungus,
white lies,
cold wars,
global warming,

I know I will get back
when the day breaks
into silence,
being in the dark, is it
ever so disorienting,
I wondered
wide awake


Scheme ABXCXXXXBDXXXX XXXX XXDXX XX XXC AAXXB XXXXBXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (63%)
Etheree  (38%)
Metre 010 1110 111 0111 11 011 0110 0110 11010 1 1110 101 10101 1110 101101 1011 11 110 1101 01001 01 11101 01111 001011 11011 10 11 1 010010 110 11 11 1010 111111 1011 0110 1000111 1010100 110 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 593
Words 114
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 14, 4, 5, 2, 3, 5, 7
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted by supratik_s on May 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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