Analysis of At The End, Today

Tabitha J. Bryson 1973 (Indianapolis, Indiana)



The creeping sages henceforth speak
Spouting messages none too deep
Lost inside the garden's world
Lies the mind of an empty headed girl
Thinking deep thoughts not her own
Abstract wonderings all a glow
Madness lingers skipping about
Voices screaming within without
The pallid music both far & near
A restless wandering a soulless cheer
Bound together leather & pill
Cold cold room echoes the shrill
A scream a plea for none to hear
None to dry her salty tears
An ache so pure it has no name
Only to be felt by guilt and shame
Days go by counting leaves
Still and all she grieves, she grieves
Another pill and sleep to come
Count the seconds one by one
Voices gently drift away
At the end today, today.


Scheme ABCDEFGGHHIIJKLLMMNOPP
Poetic Form
Metre 01010111 10100111 1010101 1011110101 1011101 011101 10101001 10100101 01010111 0101000101 1010101 1111001 01011111 1110101 11111111 101111101 111101 1011111 01010111 1010111 1010101 1010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 708
Words 134
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 568
Words per stanza (avg) 129
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Written on March 28, 2023

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