Analysis of As I Stood

As I Stood 1972 (Victoria West)



As I Stood
Face To Face

Oblivious To The Rock
From Tome To Time

I Tilt My Head
As I Stood

wide Asleep
InControl Of Nothing

Accepting Fleeting Thoughts
Of Horrific Subject.

As I Stood
Moving Fast
Going Nowhere

Coming To Rest
At A Lonely Heart.

As I Stood
Impression Broken Heart

Smiled
As I Stood
Realised Dangerous Mind
Of The Cunning Kind.

As I Stood
Now I Stand

In All That I Am


Scheme Ax xx xA xx xx Axx xb Ab xAcc Ax x
Poetic Form
Metre 111 111 0100101 1111 1111 111 101 1110 010101 101001 111 101 101 1011 10101 111 010101 1 111 11001 10101 111 111 01111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 390
Words 87
Sentences 4
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 4, 2, 1
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 28
Words per stanza (avg) 7

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Written on June 29, 2022

Submitted by ronaldfgordon on June 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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