Analysis of The Devil's Torch
You’re desperately lost,
writing your way into the madness
Each word a false beacon,
your hopes to decry
You’re desperately lost,
searching the caves of your memory
Delusion the caretaker,
your verses to lie
You’re desperately lost,
as every voice now deserts you
Time running backwards,
the heat turned up high
You’re desperately lost,
as the Sirens misguide you
The torch of the demon
—burning darkly inside
(Dreamsleep: February, 2020)
| Scheme | Ax bc Ad xc Ae xc Ae bx d |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110001 101101010 110110 11101 110001 100111100 010010 11011 110001 110011101 11010 01111 110001 1010011 011010 101001 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 39 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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