Analysis of Awaken



Were are all like children
with dreams in our eyes
lights atop candles
withering with the wind
Naive be the children
For the child knows no woes
For the stories all end
with triumphant heroes
Then with death life collides
Shatters all that we know
As the truth of life rides
upon the wings of death's throw
No more are we children
But beasts of this world
unto truth we are beckoned
Into reality we are hurled


Scheme ABCDAEFEGHGHAIJI
Poetic Form
Metre 011110 110101 10110 100101 11010 101111 101011 101010 111101 101111 101111 0101111 111110 11111 1011110 0110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 394
Words 77
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 332
Words per stanza (avg) 77
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Submitted on January 24, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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