Analysis of Nightmares keeper
In the darkness
I began to congeal and rot.
Like diamonds, once strong,
now akin to trees under a harsh winter frost,
through which the slightest breeze, once barely noticed,
reveals a brittle & fatigued nature.
It is a cold, grey shell, concealing the core of this windowless cell.
It is the same, dull grey to which my eyes have become so accustom.
I wonder now if I would still recognize colour.
A world without colour; A life without light
Yes, the light…
how I struggle with its memory.
These cheeks once before were kissed by the love of the afternoon sun.
These fingers, once outstretched and eager, have lost their inherent curiosity.
Once I stood to wade among the shallows,
but I have long since been drug out in the depths to sleep.
As I close my eyes I realize,
there is no puppeteer, no demon nor devil.
I am the song of these clamouring chains.
I am my nightmares keeper.
Scheme | AX XXXB XXBC CDXD AXXX XB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 0010 10110101 11011 101111001101 11010111010 010100110 11011101001111001 11011111111011010 11011111101 0101101011 101 111011100 111010110110011 1101010101110100100 111110101 1111111100111 11111110 111001110110 11011111 111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 904 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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