Analysis of Somber



Tears from head winds
of clouds that cry
Cover an open casket
so full of lies
where another victim
who crawled through life
faintly whispers
an unheard goodbye


Scheme ABCDEFGB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1111 1011010 1111 101010 1111 1010 1011
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 152
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 132
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

I was driving and listening to some Metal. In between the beats of the music and the rain drops on my windshield this is what I wrote

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Submitted by Frogg on October 22, 2021

Modified on March 15, 2023

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