Analysis of No Longer Sad
When the night was darkest
It was your face I saw,
And when to be alone I wanted
Your smile my soul it hunted,
But my heart was unsure.
It beckoned at me
But my mind was not at ease,
Then, I felt it!
A feeling, creeping closer to my feet;
Startled, I stepped backward a bit
It crept forward still
I tried hard to resist
It swept me off my feet
I surrendered to the wave
I am carried away.
My heart was full of scars
Until you showed me the stars,
And now you watch the stars with me
I am no longer sad.
| Scheme | XXAAX BXCDCXXDXX EEBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 111111 011101110 1111110 111101 11011 1111111 1111 0101010111 10111001 11101 111101 111111 1010101 111001 111111 0111101 01110111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 504 |
| Words | 116 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 10, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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