Analysis of The Gift
I lost all faith
Not dead
not alive
Darkness deep
with the Weight
of an eternity
Created by
The hate in you
I begged for mercy
Give me the why
Sly so sly the hand of fate
Me Living in fear of you
My eternal hell seared in
The breath of your memory
At my cheek always
Like a demon on pain
Unaware you were rotting away
In the mansion
On the river
You bought for me
I found sanctuary in your death
I lost my burden in your last breath
I may mourn love lost, years of pain
Today, tomorrow and again
But you I'll mourn not at all
Your vengence your undoing
Your fist ashes in the wind
Goodbye forever
Hate disguised as love
Was your gift to me
Scheme | XXXXABCD BC ADXBXEXXFB GGEXXXXF XB |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) Tetractys (30%) |
Metre | 1111 11 101 101 101 110100 0101 0101 11110 1101 1110111 1100111 1010110 0111100 1111 101011 01101001 0010 1010 1111 11100011 111100111 11111111 0101001 1111111 111010 1110001 1010 10111 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 657 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 2, 10, 8, 2 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
On the death of a stalker and rapist
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Written on March 16, 2021
Submitted by wilomenatepoul on February 07, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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