Analysis of How The Salt Burns My Skin
I float confused on this tumbling sea,
With thunder rumbling, grumbling, and howling at me.
My wounds sharply burn as the salt begins to cure them.
I try to keep my head up but I fear I am condemned.
And oh, how the salt burns my skin
My eyes begin to blur as my limbs grow cold.
And how my frail conscience is beginning to fold.
The betrayal of my own has penetrated my spirit,
The meaningless betrayal of my nearest dearest friend.
And oh, how the salt burns my skin.
One moment I sit and I hold her to me,
The warmth that we shared, how it coursed through me.
The next moment, all I feel is her knife in my chest,
The warmth of my blood as it soaks through my vest.
And oh, how the knife cut my skin.
Away I am thrown, into the raging sea.
Her face twisting, contorting, and filling with hate.
I struck the water, which matched her fury,
And threw me, tossed me until my sense was lost.
And oh, how the salt burns my skin.
Scheme | aaxxB ccxxB aaddb axaxB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1101111001 11010010001011 1110110101111 11111111111101 01101111 11011111111 011110101011 00101111100110 01000101110101 01101111 11011011011 0111111111 0110111101011 01111111111 01101111 01111010101 0110101011 1101011010 01111011111 01101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 928 |
Words | 205 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 178 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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