Analysis of Lost in the Dark
I sit here alone
lost in the dark.
My soul is caught up
in a high cliff wall
waiting to descend
to the waiting rocks below.
I know there are things
that I cannot change
but nevertheless I
continue the struggle
to find peace and happiness.
Long ago, I was told
that if I waited
good things would come to me.
How long must I wait
lost in the dark?
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1001 11111 00111 10101 1010101 11111 11101 10011 010010 1110100 101111 11110 111111 11111 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 330 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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