Analysis of Glass House
Empty,
Not a sound.
In the Dark,
Lies a House.
You can see through its walls;
If it cracks then it falls.
Would you break it down if you could?
Would you build it back where it stood?
Why do you want to see it come down,
When you could build other houses in this town?
Maybe someday the world will stop
Throwing rocks at my glass house.
Don't tear it down it's fragile now,
Even shattered I'll hold somehow.
Sometimes we crack under pressure.
A feeling so lost, that no one can measure.
We build these weak foundations
On a ground that never holds.
And I would ask you to stay;
Stay away you're throwing too many stones.
And there I was, so unprepared.
Is it wrong if I feel scared?
As my strong demeanor ceases,
Would you smash me into pieces?
Maybe someday the world will stop
Throwing rocks at my glass house.
Don't tear it down it's fragile now,
Even shattered I'll hold somehow.
The walls would break
And crumble down.
The cuts remained,
I'd bleed it out.
And I would lay
Here on the ground.
My glass house
Is broken now....
Scheme | xaxbccddee FBGG hhxxix jjxx FBGG xexxiabg |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10 101 001 101 111111 111111 11111111 11111111 111111111 11111010011 1010111 1011111 11111101 1010111 01111010 01011111110 1111010 1011101 0111111 1011101101 0111101 1111111 11101010 11110110 1010111 1011111 11111101 1010111 0111 0101 0101 1111 0111 1101 111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,034 |
Words | 229 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 4, 6, 4, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
This poem is about feeling broken but holding on to hope even when it feels hopeless.
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