Analysis of Silence
I'm troubled by the silence in my ear.....
the tremble in my throat.
The loudness in my ideals.
My throat is thickened with grief
it sleeps with blindness.
My scraped arm is the mark of sorrow
riddled by delusion.
This cry that weakens the knee of the beggar
who scrambles from the wet silence of despair.
I feel trapped by the wolves that bite at the bitten.
Shake my hand,
feel my last pulse.
Weakness seems to be the keeper of my strength.
I look to fight in the hostel of my defeat.
The shock of my descent jostles my approach.
I circle my anger and confuse my bitterness.
Should I curse Tomorrow and forsake Today?
Stillness is everywhere covered with the cloak of my sanity.
Noise from my heart riddles in the darkness.
Why am I troubled by the silence in my ear?
The tremble in my throat
Scheme | aBx xcxd xxd xx xxxc xxcaB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010011 010011 010101 1111011 11110 111101110 101010 11110011010 11010110101 111101111010 111 1111 10111010111 111100101101 0111011101 1101100011100 1110100101 101101010111100 1111100010 111101010011 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 774 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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