Analysis of Losing My Soul



Slender beams of illumination enter
this darkened cavern as I kneel,
always sorrowful, always despairing.

Frozen here, waiting
accusing robed forms wrought
in blackened stone loom,

As dust dances in the air,
forming an image in my mind,
infiltrating my exposed soul.

Embracing the unknown,
accepting a lonely fate,
as bloody tears begin to fall.

Realization dawns on a lover's face.
I raise my head, now caressing
this oblivious immortal darkness.


Scheme XXA AXX XXX XXX XAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1011001010 11010111 11001010 10110 010111 01011 1110001 10110011 0101011 010001 0100101 11010111 1010110101 11111010 1010001010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 433
Words 71
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by cassie_m on January 31, 2021

Modified on March 23, 2023

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