Analysis of Descent
Kelley Davies 1983 (Dallas)
Hell, brimming with fire
Calls my name
I descend into misery
Do you see why I don't want to go there?
Why I would rather choose an end to my life which doesn't involve that fire?
I'm serious when I say I want to leave
The pain is endless, this hell refuses to cease
I thought being a spiritual man would mean all freedom, no fire
I was wrong
I've been so absolutely, terribly wrong
I thought I wanted anything to be like Christ, to understand God
I was wrong
I don't want this anymore
I'm such a tragically flawed failure
I can't believe I thought I wanted this
No one told me what trials were in front of me when I took up this cross
No one told me that the pain I read about was real
Things in my life are beyond real now
I am descending into this fiery pit, with the dogs gnashing their teeth
I won't be let go, I'll be dismantled, tortured
I should never have taken this path
I had no idea the misery which laid ahead of me
I would take it all back if I could, I would bargain with God if he would let me take all of this back
I'm so sorry
Please have mercy on my soul
I should never have done this
It was a massive mistake
I'm sorry, my dear parents, my father and mother, my Jesus, my good Lord in heaven, you were right and I was wrong
I would trade it all to have a normal life again
Scheme | a x b x a x x a C c x C x a d x x x x x x b x b x d x c x |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 111 10101100 1111111111 1111011111111001110 11001111111 011101101011 111001000111110110 111 1110101001 111101011111011 111 111101 110100110 1101111101 111111000111111111 1111101110111 101110111 1101001110011011011 111111101010 111011011 1110100100110111 1111111111110111111111111 1110 1110111 1110111 1101001 11011101100101101110101010111 1111111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,327 |
Words | 301 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 29 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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