Analysis of Dark Lullaby
Naivete
in life
brings terror
to dreams
The psyche
wide open
a victim
to scheme
The innocent
notion
belief
to defile
Asleep
in the
nursery
—where monsters run wild
(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
| Scheme | XXXX ABXX XBXX XXAX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 001 01 110 11 010 110 010 11 0100 10 01 11 01 00 100 11011 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 9 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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