Analysis of Keep My Pain (TW for self-injury and mention of su!c!de)
These scars are fading
But I want them to stay.
My wounds are healing
But I want them to bleed.
The blood is drying
But I want it to flow.
The pain is easing
But I want to feel the sting again.
Death is leaving
But I want to feel its grim presence.
The sun is rising
But I want to stay in the darkness.
I want to stay here forever
But the light has seized me by the wrist
And taken me to its homeplace of the sun
Where I wait and wait
For the darkness to come and rescue me
And take me back to the shadows
Where I want to be.
Scheme | ABACADAEAFAGHIJKLML |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 111111 11110 111111 01110 111111 01110 111110101 1110 111111110 01110 111110010 11111010 101111101 0101111101 11101 1010110101 0111101 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 525 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 405 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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