Analysis of Wash Away
Madelin Bragner 1995
Praying for the pain to wash away,
My broken heart feeling more and more cliche.
Your empty promises and blatant lies
Left me in bed with weeping cries.
I toss and turn but cannot sleep.
My dog cuddles up as she hears me weep.
My stomach turns as my heart drops.
What I would give to make this pain stop.
If only the pain could wash away.
| Scheme | AA BB CC XX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011101 11011010101 1101000101 11011101 11011101 111111111 11011111 111111111 110011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 344 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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