Analysis of No Words Left
Where are the voices crying out
from the din
Where is the blood you spilled
from within
Where is that Siren who once
called your name
Where is the fortune promised
by fame
Where is the promise you made
to yourself
Where is that demon unseen but
still felt
Where is the beacon to lighten
your ink
Where is the harbor this side of
the brink
Where is the feeling,
hearts lost in the fall
Where is the meaning
—no words left to call
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
Scheme | XA XA XB XB XX XX XC XC DE DE X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010101 101 110111 101 1111011 111 1101010 11 1101011 101 11110011 11 11010110 11 11010111 01 11010 11001 11010 11111 0100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 468 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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