Analysis of Frozen Dreams
Winter's icy breath
Froze my ambitions,
While time's relentless hands
Ticked away,
Each second, like a grain of sand.
Days stretched like shadows,
Slipping through my fingers
As life raced ahead,
Like a bullet train,
Leaving me behind.
Youth, the elusive butterfly,
Fluttered away with fleeting grace,
Leaving me in the ruins,
Of my own indecisions.
The world was my canvas,
But I painted in whispers,
A timid stroke here,
A hesitant dab there.
Opportunities beckoned,
But I shrunk in their glow,
Afraid to step outside,
Afraid to let go.
The specter of age loomed,
As my dreams remained unfulfilled,
A symphony of unspoken desires,
Played on the strings of my heart.
But still, I pressed on,
Like a seedling
Breaking through the earth,
Emerging from the darkness,
Seeking the light.
Though the hours slipped away,
Each one a gentle reminder,
I refused to surrender
To the relentless march of time.
Scheme | XAXBX XCXXX XXAA DCXX XEXE XXCX XXXDX BFFX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (26%) |
Metre | 10101 11010 110101 101 11010111 1111 101110 11101 10101 10101 1001010 10011101 1010010 1111 011110 1110010 01011 010011 010010 111011 011111 01111 010111 1110101 01001010010 1101111 11111 1010 10101 0101010 1001 1010101 11010010 1011010 10010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 906 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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