Analysis of Within The Cells Of This Purgatory



in this state, in this stasis
in this state of mind thats just so overwhelming
in this hell, that is mine
in this stigmatizing place that leaves me so helpless
the acid is leaking through my mind
cause it's foaming at the edges
this tragedy is bleeding at the seems, nothing as it seems
at the top of a claustrophobic building, i'm at the ledges
in a day, in a day, two or three
i'll be locked within the cells of this purgatory
in a way, in a way, i find all of this confusing
but in some sick sadistic way, i find all of this amusing
the cracks in my mind's eye haven't sewn shut
will i die before all my children have grown up
but the tattoos on my soul will live on in the afterlife
i will drink this holy wine and eat this bread in the candlelight


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Poetic Form
Metre 011011 01111111010 011111 011001111110 010110111 11101010 110011010110111 101100101011010 001001111 111010111100 00100111111010 1011010111111010 0101111011 111011110111 10011111110010 111110101110010
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 737
Words 151
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 37
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 588
Words per stanza (avg) 151
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Submitted on December 04, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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