Analysis of A killer is born

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Inside a killer's mind, I found her.
Rope around her neck, hands tied together.
Eyes closed, should I save her?

To the sadness that has found a home in her eyes, when will you set her free?

She deserved the world, but she became a prisoner of her own doings, who else can she blame?
Misfortune.

Will you catch me if I fall?
Her last cries of help are now silent.
Is she finally free?

I am watching myself burn.
Inside an ordinary girl's mind, she lost herself...


Scheme AAA B XX XXB XX
Poetic Form
Metre 010101110 1010111010 111110 101011101001111101 10101110101001011011111 010 1111111 011111110 111001 111011 011100111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 467
Words 102
Sentences 12
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 1, 2, 3, 2
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 71
Words per stanza (avg) 18

About this poem

It's a poem about being lost in one's own mind.

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Written on August 20, 2022

Submitted by arcaneblurry on August 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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