Analysis of withered
I heard a voice somewhat pale
I saw fingerprints that were somewhat gray
wrapped up for the night...
you were at the altar sacrificing me
to make it right.
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I see your life is adopting superstitious tales
memories wrapping a bouquet of frowns
gravity is by the bedpost, distracting the drama
to say it’s alright.
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I walked a harsh path in your head, and it diminished
as I came to walk you home from the rain.
yet you stood there on the corner, waiting
standing still for the messenger of the time
hoping answers will lay somewhere
in the passing by a soft current of the drifting winds.
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as you lay a grip on me,
in a candle-lit state of mind,
a sad reception,
while I'm watching you,
getting caught in the moment,
I observe what you don’t,
I see that you don't know me
next to you withered.
Scheme | XXABA XXXA XXXXXX BXXXXABX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 111010111 11101 1010101001 1111 1 111110100101 1001000111 1001101010010 1111 1 1 1101101101010 1111111101 1111101010 10110100101 1010111 00101011010101 1 1 1110111 00101111 01010 11101 1010010 101111 1111111 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 889 |
Words | 180 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 22 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 310 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 86 |
About this poem
being ignored by her even though i'm next to her
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