Analysis of Joy Abstained
Blame …
deep and abiding
Praise …
a fleeting call
Infliction kills
affection shills
Their contrast
casts a pall
One …
a timeless burden
The other …
flits away
Tomorrow’s pain
all joy abstained
Entrapped
—where memories stay
(The New Room: December, 2023)
| Scheme | XXAXXAXX BBCDXXXD C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 10010 1 0101 0101 0101 110 101 1 01010 010 101 011 1101 01 11001 011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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