Analysis of Pantoum to Sadness
Sadness is a stealthy seductress
She whispers alluring words
Offering the comfort of familiarity
On well-worn paths into the darkness
She whispers alluring words
Begging me to come to her once again
On well-worn paths into the darkness
Seeking the deception of shadows
Begging me to come to her once again
Her caress exciting and dangerous
Seeking the deception of the shadows
Illusions make strange bedfellows
Her caress exciting and dangerous
Getting lost in her amorous embrace
Illusions make strange bedfellows
She lingers long after I wish her gone
Getting lost in her amorous embrace
She weaves melancholy into my senses
She lingers long after I wish her gone
Her black tendrils entrapping me
She weaves melancholy into my senses
The ink of sadness mixes into my soul
Her black tendrils entrapping me
Distorting my perception of reality
The ink of sadness mixes into my soul
Casting gray debris in her wake
Distorting my perception of reality
Painting sadness across the horizon
Casting gray debris in her wake
I emerge from the murky pool
Painting sadness across the horizon
In brilliant colors of awakening
I emerge from the murky pool
Finally free of her shackles
In brilliant colors of awakening
Until my familiar lover returns
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Metre | 1010101 1100101 10001010100 111101010 1100101 1011110101 111101010 10001011 1011110101 0010100100 100010101 0101110 0010100100 1010010001 0101110 1101101101 1010010001 1110001110 1101101101 01111 1110001110 01110100111 01111 0101010110 01110100111 10101001 0101010110 1010010010 10101001 10110101 1010010010 0101010100 10110101 10011010 0101010100 0110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,247 |
Words | 215 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Parts of this poem rattled around in my head for bit until JokerGem nudged me to do another pantoum. Thanks!
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