Analysis of Tormented Chains
A.D. Small 1987 (Indiana)
These pastel ashes have finally risen
This violent storm has passed
The sky has been torn open
As if the clouds were made of glass
The stars have jagged edges
The room is a swirl of blue
All that's left is disgusting smudges
That leave a painful hue
The stars have shattered on the cement
The breaking sound cuts through the night
The moon seems distorted and bent
The bursting stars seem so bright
My heart screams but no words can be heard
Its only a mere whisper at first
My vocals are dodgy like a bird
The fire begins to burst
I will love you forever even in this hell
Shackled by tormented chains
Grieving in this one room cell
The weeping heart strains
I wish i could feel your hands on mine
Hear your heartbeat through this chaos
Sip this brigand burgundy wine
And completely get lost
Our love moves under these skies
It mends the holes throughout the heavens
It replenishes the clouds as it flies
As the moon just sits there and grins
It beckons to the tired soul
It mends all that is broken
It makes me utterly whole
And your soul is my rarest token
A.D. Small
December 1, 2020
Scheme | AXAB XCBC DEDE FGFG HIHI JXJX KXKX LALA XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110110010 1100111 0111110 11010111 011110 0110111 11110101 110101 011101001 01011101 01101001 0101111 111111111 110011011 11011101 0100111 111101010011 101101 1001111 01011 111111111 1111110 1111001 001011 10111011 110101010 1101111 10111101 11010101 1111110 1111001 011111010 11 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,114 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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