Analysis of The thought which lingered.
What am I but darkness’s shadow?
All I do is follow this hidden path.
Unseen by many but felt by my soul.
Illuminated assumptions be my heart.
Universal truth is a dream I cannot fathom.
I believe not that which math attempts to rationalize.
I know something is out there.
How can we be part of an ending when it feels like this is just the beginning.
Our early years a myth.
Our forefathers faceless.
Only traces of which only found in DNA.
Who are you, man of the dark?
There is no spark of hope in you, only an unnerving silence.
Yet the grass is greener still.
Why can’t I break free of these chains which bind me?
Is there truth in the universe?
Is there life beyond the darkness?
Only questions remain.
I want to see past the chaos.
Scheme | X X X X X X X X X A X X X X X X A X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1111101101 0111011111 0100010111 010110111010 1011111011100 1110111 11111111011111110010 1010101 101010 101011101011 1111101 1111110110101010 1011101 11111111111 1110010 11101010 101001 11111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 760 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 19 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
About this poem
It’s a freestyle.A simplified modern narrative of acceptance.We yearn to go where the light shine’s always.
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