Analysis of Setting Sun
The days and nights run together
It seems
I have lost count
Of all of my dreams
That were supposed to come true
Because of you
But I'm left with just
This unevenness
That you can't undo
For a moment on some nights
Our conversations play
Over and over
Like a banging drum
That is constant
But it's okay to me
Because I don't mind
Hearing your voice
Time after time
I watch the sunset with the hopes that you
Are under the same sky
Watching it, too
And my heart skips that familiar beat
When I feel the heat
Of your fingertips on my skin
But it's just the wind
And the darkness of the night
Pulls me in
And reminds me
You are not here
I am not there
A little tear
Falls from my eye
And I try
To compromise with the night
But it's useless
And all I can do
Is watch the sun set
While my hopes and dreams
Set with it, too.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011010 11 1111 11111 1001111 0111 11111 11 11101 1010111 100101 10010 10101 1110 11111 01111 1011 1101 110110111 110011 1011 011110101 11101 1110111 11101 0010101 110 0011 1111 1111 0101 1111 011 110101 1110 01111 11011 11101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 781 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 39 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 641 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 168 |
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