Analysis of MISSING PIECE
i think i've lost a piece of me
i'm not sure just where to find it.
i've looked around reality
without the nerve to look behind it
it's like an itch that can't be scratched
a limb that can't be reattached
a hole so big it can't be patched
a fish escaped but not unhooked
peeling back the veil of real
reveals the piece and more it does
forgotten dreams and fantasies
of who i think i thought i was
my sins of youth left unabsolved
mysteries of my life unsolved
wasted love withheld, dissolved
i wish now i had never looked
| Scheme | ABAB CCCB XXXX BDDX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11110111 11111111 110110 010111011 11111111 01111101 01111111 0101111 1010111 01010111 01010100 11111111 111111 10011101 1010101 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 530 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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