Analysis of Misplaced



bleeding deception
terror in her eyes
intriguing perception
lost to love's disguise

fear neverending
paths forgotten
mind unbending
falling to their despise

her cup runneth over
spilling to the floor
dripping tears of overzealous pain
from so long ago


Scheme ABAB CACB XXXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 10010 10001 010010 11101 11 1010 110 101101 01110 10101 10110101 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 240
Words 39
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 71
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted by Sylfie on June 16, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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