Analysis of Echoes of Desolation
In the shadows of my mind, I dwell alone,
Where the weight of despair has overthrown,
Every glimmer of hope, each ray of light,
In this endless, desolate, internal night.
A heavy shroud of darkness, thick as tar,
Binds my soul, and it feels so bizarre,
To exist in this bleak, relentless haze,
Where joy and laughter are but distant days.
Each day a struggle, an uphill climb,
I navigate a world devoid of rhyme,
A cacophony of thoughts, a constant din,
In this vast emptiness, I drown within.
Is there escape from this relentless grip?
Or am I destined to this endless trip,
Through the depths of sorrow, endlessly,
Trapped in the prison of my misery?
No silver lining, no hope in sight,
Just the endless, moonless, starless night,
As I grapple with this unrelenting pain,
In the depths of darkness, I remain.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH BBII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0011111101 101101101 10010111111 01101000101 0101110111 111011101 1010110101 1101011101 110101111 110010111 00100110101 0111001101 1101110101 1111011101 101110100 1001011100 110101101 1010111 1110110101 001110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 814 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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