Analysis of Homeless
Crystal leaves on leafless branches,
that appear dead.
I dragged along, like the season,
Carrying the load of my heart;
this everlasting duress.
My eyes only see the smog filled skies.
Great celestial one,
Where is your shine?
A mind dense with thoughts,
Now abhor the delusions it cultivates.
The night’s cold fingers
Grasp the core of my soul,
While thoughts drift away to a familiar place,
Where voices, with soft words,
Soothe a crying child.
My eyes exposed the curse of my surrounding,
And I consoled myself
with the thought of not being alone.
But I alone share the contents of my head.
I yearned to awake from this dream,
my companion on this concrete bed.
Scheme | XABXXXBX XXXXXXX XXXAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111010 1011 11011010 10001111 101010 111010111 10101 1111 01111 1010010110 01110 101111 11101100101 110111 10101 11010111010 01011 101111001 11011010111 11101111 101011011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 646 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 6 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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