Analysis of lost
I stumble upon my mistakes
like a thief in the night
blindly
without a clue
episodes that repeat
as often as the rain
I am lost
somewhere
within a million raindrops
I exist
but to die
my footprint visible
only in death
I am
the progeny
of a thousand sons
borne
of a thousand daughters
darkened
of the earth
I am
alpha and omega
pharos to the pharaohs
I am lost
yet
I am found
desecrated
and despised
spit upon
and scorned
I am
a constant reminder
of that
which you are not
I am
king of kings
I am black
and I
am lost
Scheme | xx ax xx Bxx xcxx Daxxxxx Dxx Bxx xxxx Dxxx Dx x cb |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001101 101001 10 0101 10101 110101 111 1 010101 101 111 11100 1001 11 0100 10101 1 101010 10 101 11 100010 11010 111 1 111 0010 001 101 01 11 010010 11 1111 11 111 111 01 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 498 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 7, 3, 3, 4, 4, 2, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on January 10, 2016
Modified on March 14, 2023
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