Analysis of Wasteland



I tread a barren wasteland,

where all i see is the outline of a civilization made by man.

creatures offer me help,

but i push them away in fear of being accepted into their tribe

only to be made into a sacrifice.

i sip poisoned waters

with a goal to survive

but also with a hope to tak my broken wings and fly

to an oasis i may only tread when I die.


Scheme X X X X X X X A A
Poetic Form
Metre 110101 1111101100010111 101011 111101011100100111 1011101010 111010 101101 11010111110101 1101011101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 359
Words 86
Sentences 3
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 30
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted by envytheog on May 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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