Analysis of Valley of the Womb
Riding through the darkness bound,
creeping along without any sight;
listening quickly for every sound,
heart beating harshly out of fright.
Echoed footfalls upon solid ground,
searching desperately for signs of light;
insanity slightly tugging all around,
as consciousness threatens to take flight.
Seeking for semblance, a sanity to be found,
making fists, swinging in a futile fight;
unknown whether winning or losing the round,
just wanting something to simply go right.
Hoping for the day when head is crowned,
longing for a bigger world so very bright;
lungs filled seeming as if to be drowned,
after all, this should be your first birthright.
Scheme | ABAB ABAB ABAB ABAB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1010101 100101101 1001011001 11010111 10101101 1010001111 01001010101 110010111 101100100111 1011000101 01101011001 1101011011 101011111 10101011101 111011111 101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 655 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on January 10, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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