Analysis of Lost in useless territory.
Wandering without purpose
Is my useless purpose
Branches reaching towards me
With twisted arms welcoming
And blocking passage at the same time
Do branches speak the language
Of the world, my world, the fairy world
The languages I am yet to understand
Do the leaves have meaning
Do they launch themselves into the world to be free
Or does the tree work on letting go
Which is more haunting, being the ghost
Or the witness of someone’s confessions
The cacophony of voices in my head
Want to be heard by the outside world
Will the trees listen and keep my secrets
Scheme | AA BCX XDX CBX XX XD X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1000110 111010 1010011 1101100 010101011 1101010 101110101 0100111101 101110 111010101111 110111101 111101001 101011010 00100110011 111110111 1011001110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 570 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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I used www.oblique-strategies.com to come up with a prompt for a quick writing exercise. I got "Lost in useless territory"
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