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
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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Gabriel McBride

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