Analysis of Like a shadow,
There's something right under my skin
feels very intimidating from within
Something dark that makes me spin
sounds like pinning melancholy violin
The shadows somehow find a way to multiply
slowly putting me to sleep like a lullaby
I sing to myself,
"there's freedom right where you can reach,
but for the strength you need, you must beseech
I know you're not afraid, so why can't you leach?"
But then little stars start to sparkle
and align through the dark mite
Now every time I look up to the moon, I boggle
because there are shadows, there must be a lot of light
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011011 1100100101 1011111 1110100001 011101110 10101111010 1111 11011111 1101111101 11110111111 111011110 0011011 11001111101110 011111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 112 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 150 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
The poem is all about the shadows and darkness that exists from within and about how you can touch freedom irrespective of those shadows if you'd just want it with all might. The poem continues while talking about how there must also be light somehwere in the dark shadows.
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