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.
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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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