Analysis of hollow



I was a stream
I went where I pleased
You were a mountain
As I came closer
your depth became more
and more apparent
until you were everything around me
it seemed we were meant to be

I was a bottle
and you were the wind
when you left I lost my voice
I sat hollow for some time, by choice
I wanted to shatter
I tell myself that none of that matters
that after all I've been through
I am stronger now, truthful, resolute
I tell myself
the stream meanders
because it answers to no one but gravity
that in reality, the ashes will scatter
no matter how much the forest
thinks it needs them to rebuild again
I tell myself
that men shouldn't sink so deep into poetic feelings
but if I believe that
I'm still just as foolish
as the man who watched you walk away


Scheme xxxaxxbb xxccadxxEdbaxxExxxx
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 11111 10010 11110 11011 01010 011010011 1110111 11010 01001 1111111 111011111 110110 111111110 1101111 111011010 111 01010 011101111100 1010010110 11011010 111110101 111 11101110101010 111011 111110 101111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 755
Words 152
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 19
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 299
Words per stanza (avg) 75
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Written on November 23, 2023

Submitted by T.L.D.Remnant on November 23, 2023

Modified by T.L.D.Remnant on November 23, 2023

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