Analysis of Waiting
Walking alone in the darkness dreary.
Fighting with mind and body weary.
Night secludes me,
Relief eludes me...
Waiting for the light of the day.
I'm waiting for these wounds to heal.
This broken heart can't even feel.
Love grows cold,
As I grow old.
Haunting me both night and day.
Please stay with me, that my wounds may heal.
Please don't leave me, I can't even feel.
It hurts to talk.
It's hard to walk.
Tell me that I'll be okay.
Though fatal wounds they may not be,
I find it hard sometimes to see.
My soul is rent,
My patience spent.
I await the light of day.
| Scheme | AAAABCCDDBCCEEBAAFFB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (55%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1001001010 101101010 111 01011 10101101 11011111 11011101 111 1111 1011101 111111111 111111101 1111 1111 111111 11011111 11110111 1111 1101 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 547 |
| Words | 109 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 428 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 109 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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