Analysis of ONE STEP AWAY



At any point in time, you can unhinge
Turn into the worst kind of person
Go onto a murdering binge
Unless you remember, it'll keep you from Heaven


Scheme ABAB
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 1101011101 101011110 11001001 0110101011110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 143
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

Comment on the fine edge of sanity

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Written on October 23, 2021

Submitted by jb809499 on October 23, 2021

Modified on April 06, 2023

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