Analysis of out of spite



I turned out the light, called it a night,
forgave out of spite and wronged the right.

I closed my eyes, whitewashed my lies,
broke my ties as the birds darkened the skies.

There were others, like my brothers,
their mothers and those that blasphemy smothers.

So, I turned out the light, Closed my eyes
and there, there were others.

Those shadows that wrap themselves transparently and soak in
Those vacant spaces devoid faces, I have uncloaked them.

-jasongentryjones (c) 2010 Ecuador


Scheme AA BB CC BC XX X
Poetic Form
Metre 111011101 011110101 1111111 1111011001 10101110 11001110010 111101111 011010 1111010100010 1101001101111 1110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 474
Words 82
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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