Analysis of Forgotten
Napping baby wrapped in stained rags
The fresh new scent should calm their wiles.
He cries out but they do not hear
For they are dazed by the colors of the earth's new tones
He watched as they sucked the nectar from their veins.
As his lips crusted with the last of mother's milk
He cries out, but they are no longer there.
The days have become uncertain.
The now sunken baby, weak, unloved, and wasted away
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Metre | 10101011 01111111 11111111 1111101010111 11111010111 111101011101 1111111101 01101010 01101010101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 408 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 2 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Written on January 26, 2023
Submitted by shimmy89 on January 26, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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