Analysis of A shadow in the dark
A shadow in the dark
was what I saw
as I looked in the dark sky
I saw my past reflecting shadows reflecting my flaws.
I saw my shadow as it sat to cry
it was but a shadow in the dark
but a sudden hopeful bark
a shriek of help from the dark.
As I stood with my lonely thoughts
my feelings are shot
full of regrets like a criminal that's never been caught
just a lonely soul that'll sit in the dark to rot.
| Scheme | A X B X B A A A X C C C |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01001 1111 1110011 1111010101011 111111111 11101001 1010101 0111101 11111101 11011 11011010011011 1010110100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 394 |
| Words | 86 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 12 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 26 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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