Analysis of Wretched



Her formless body
Quivers
Sagging. coffee skin
Struggles to contain the mass of her.
This forsaken soul that love forgot
Welcomes new terrors
As now, they are her only friends.
Tears explode from her
As screams between ragged breathing
Chances not taken
Haunt her.
Menacing her with shouts
Of “if only” and “what if”?
She can no longer count
The trespasses.
The smiles of those who
Wronged her
Have blurred into
The obscure collage
Of unfriendly, unknown,
Vacant eyes.
She existed eons ago
Had a name
Was familiar.
Now
She just was.


Scheme ABCDEBBDFGDBHIBJDJKLBMNDOB
Poetic Form
Metre 0110 1 10101 101010110 101011101 10110 11110101 10110 11011010 10110 10 100011 1110011 111101 01 01111 10 1101 00101 101001 101 10101001 101 1010 1 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 542
Words 102
Sentences 9
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 26
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 425
Words per stanza (avg) 92
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Written on September 23, 2023

Submitted by santrabbit45 on September 23, 2023

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