Analysis of Misery and Ecstasy
If misery loves company,
is ecstasy left forsaken?
Because lonliness is agony,
unless I am mistaken.
If only you would come to me,
before the world awakens.
My heart would find some clarity,
my faith remain unshaken.
If all that glitters is not gold,
then what's the sparkle in your eyes?
Because the things you left,as yet untold,
all your words could not disguise.
If only you would take control,
there would be no more good byes.
My heart would then return to whole,
in fact my soul could die.
Scheme | AB AB AC AB DE DE FC FX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001100 11001010 0111100 0111010 11011111 0101010 11111100 1101010 11110111 11010011 010111101 1111101 11011101 1111111 11110111 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 481 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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