Analysis of Fascinating



I find it fascinating
That we are all
Temporary
This little life trip seems unnecessary
But its needed
To test your soul
To see if you’ll drink from the toilet bowl
Of this existence that we create
How do you want history to read your fate?
Were you worth something to rate?
Or a result of daddy’s need to masturbate?
He should have launched you in a tissue
You’re really nothing more than an issue
To be ignored
Though I know your bored
You may beg to the Lord
Or fall upon your own sword
That you sharpen
With drug and drink
Quizzical little choice
Don’t yah think?
Too many questions
And few answers to be found
It’s the reality
Of idiocy’s sound
Pass me the chemicals
And pour another round
I need to be numb to put on my shield
It’s the fog of blankness
That I wield
As I wait in the concrete field
And look to the sky
Questioning who, what and why
Waiting to die
To find out if it was all a lie
It is with these thoughts
I breathe a heavy sigh
And pray I receive my wings
As I’m ready to fly

Eric (and sometimes not)


Scheme XXAAXBBCCCCDDEEEEXFXFXGAGXGHDHHIIIIXIXI X
Poetic Form Etheree  (33%)
Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 111100 1111 100 1101110100 1110 1111 1111110101 110101101 11111001111 0111011 1001111110 11111001 1101011110 1101 11111 111101 1101111 1110 1101 100101 111 11010 0110111 1010 111 110100 010101 1111111111 10111 111 11100011 01101 1001101 1011 111111101 11111 110101 0110111 111011 100011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,039
Words 208
Sentences 5
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 39, 1
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 403
Words per stanza (avg) 102
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Submitted by EASN on February 12, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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