Analysis of Hundred Million Pieces
Marion Souma 1983 (Pretoria)
Hundred Million pieces she's shattered
She believed them, felt flattered
She thought like blood she can trust
What was birthed was now black burned crust.
It's deceit, darkness, lies ending her
Betrayal typed on her stone, her demise
Hundred Million pieces of who they once were.
Losing this
Losing that
No more bliss
Everything's crap.
Empty mind,
Her empty heart
She's gone nobody can find
Hundred Million pieces without a solid part.
Lost she is
Unfound she stays
Silent disappearances
Nothing left of her ways.
Empty space
Nobody cares
Scattered in pain She's out of grace
Hundred Million pieces in broken tears.
| Scheme | AABB CXC DXDX EFEF GHGH IJIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101010110 1011110 1111111 11111111 101101100 0101101001 10101011110 101 101 111 101 101 0101 11111 101010010101 111 111 100100 101101 101 11 10011111 1010100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 624 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
Everything falls apart on the premise of lies.
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