Analysis of I slept my days



How can i tell them ,
My most favorite thing in the world,
The very pleasure i derive from my being ,
Has turned against me.
Day has turned to night.

I fell prey to its abundant gift,
Has my joy to play in the great beyond lost its curse ?
Im i too full?
Stay in bed with me ,
My nights have turned to days.

I thought i had had my grasp to you,
Thought i could survive with you
By you,
In this dreadful endless days ,
You had to remind me,
Oh yes! You had to show me, everything has limit,
My days were to seem endless,but
My nights have turned to days .

I believed that you could break the dates of the calendar,
Months to merely days ,days to years ,
Fight for the peace of my mind ,
Win the battle against time,
Yet, My days have turned to nights .

Stay , please stay,
Times are dark now.,
I need a shelter. In this endless days and hopeless nights,
I need the sun in this darkest hour.
                              -grey to


Scheme xaxbx xxxbC dddcbxaC exxxf xxfed
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 111001001 010101011110 11011 11111 111110101 1111100101111 1111 10111 111111 111111111 1110111 11 0110101 111011 111111110110 110111 111111 10111110110100 11101111 1101111 1010011 1111111 111 1111 11010011010101 1101011010 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 902
Words 178
Sentences 12
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 8, 5, 5
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 136
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted by Grey on April 07, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Grey orginally known as ruth jimoh. Hails from edo state nigeria.an upcoming poet with plenty potential more…

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