Analysis of A Fallen Angel Talks to God



Pale dissatisfactions block the sides,
and I see watery eyes under their curtains,
trapped in changeling dreams.
There are waves of dark intensity,
but if I fly,
I could see misfortune's face and smile.
It is despite love, my love.
Sing me a song for sleep,
and wane the winds.
I am driftwood in the sky,
uncaring of breathless space or useless ground.
There are better wings than this.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIEJK
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 011100110110 1011 111110100 1111 1111101 1101111 110111 0101 111001 01011011101 1110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 375
Words 69
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 304
Words per stanza (avg) 69
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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