Analysis of Monster



A weight upon a weary mind, the clarity of sin
If foresight was a virtue find, insanity within
The dim light of a candle's flame, gently pulsing like a heart
Extinguished as the wick burns down it fades to blackest dark
And all the while a simple song, a symphony of tears
A life of heavy burdens held, she's wise beyond her years
A weighted chest, a shallow breath, a beat from deep inside
Her innocence lost long ago, slipped away with the sands of time
Another battle fought and lost, another war in vain
Another day of agony, despair but mostly pain
A head held high for far too long, a life gone far too young
All to free the world from seeing the monster she'd become


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Poetic Form
Metre 01010101010011 1110101010001 01110111010101 01010111111101 01010101010011 01110101110101 01010101011101 0100110110110111 01010101010101 01011100011101 01111111011111 11101110010101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 662
Words 128
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 44
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 532
Words per stanza (avg) 128
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Submitted by AJ.Santoni on May 29, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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