Analysis of We Crumble and Decay

Aine 2000 (Ireland)



A crack disrupts the foundations whereon we built our home.
A growing, unrelenting mold. It keeps me up at night, I cannot breathe.
You sit on the front porch, unaware.
You inhale deeply as you gaze upon the rows of rosemary and thyme,
We have almost run out.

The cold floor swallows me whole.
It chokes, I'm too much.
"You taste so sweet, I can't describe it".
Yet I'm never enough.

Teardrops pelt against the fragile panes.
You finally turn to look.
You see me, a spore. Sobbing as I rot the carpet beneath your feet.
I am vicious and unholy, You, an equal to me.
I take the scorn.

I grabble, I grasp. I twist and I turn. It is now you sinking.
The front door looks inviting, but I have swallowed my key a long time ago.
It nestles with my pride.
Yours swings around your neck, you often twirl it in your hand.
My hands grasp around your neck,
You must stay somehow.


Scheme XXXXX XXXX XXXXX XXXXXX
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 01010010111101 01001011111111101 11101101 10110111010111001 11111 0111011 11111 111111011 111001 11010101 1100111 11101101110100111 11100010111011 1101 111111011111110 0111010111101101101 110111 11011111011011 1110111 1111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 875
Words 189
Sentences 23
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 5, 6
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Written on November 10, 2021

Submitted by ainerooney4884 on November 10, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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