Analysis of Breakdown
isolated and despondent
she rides the waves of fear
and in the darkness of her soul
the feast is drawing near
the beauty of her inner self
once mirrored in its eyes
is shattered into shards of glass
reflecting only cries
it moves inside and latches on
then permeates her mind
time skips a beat and she is left
unshapen and resigned
yet deep inside the shell that's left
and where no light can reach
the memory of who she was
is marked upon the beast
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCDC DXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1000010 110111 00010101 011101 01010101 110011 11001111 010101 11010101 11001 11010111 1001 11010111 011111 01001111 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 452 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on March 06, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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