Analysis of BULLETS OF INNOCENCE
YELLOW GREY SKIES
CLOUDED RAINBOW AVENUES
ENCLOSED RESTRICTED VIEWS
FAR FROM THE PAST AND THE SEA
NO ECHO OF MEMORY
EMPTY DERELICT HOUSES
SEVERELY RETARDED STREETS
BROKEN WINDOWS
DAMAGED DOORS
BOARDED UP SHOP FRONTS
DECAYING ARCADES
AN ABANDONED PARADE
SHIPWRECKED
PENNILESS AND POOR
FRAGMENTS OF IMAGINATION
DREAMS OF A BETTER FUTURE
AN SUITCASE OF LOST LOVE
UNABLE TO RECOLLECT CORRECTLY
ABSTACT IMAGES OF A TORN TOWN
GUNFIRE AND CRUMBLING WALLS
CONSTANT FLAMES IN THE NIGHT SKY
DARK SPOKEN VOICES OF SMOKE
UNHEARD WORDS
ABSURD THOUGHTS
INSANE MINE
ENSHRINED BULLETS IN DECEASED SHELLS
UNATTACHED LIMBS
BLOOD STAINED FACES
TOWN FOLK DETAINED
AN HELL IN HEAVEN
SEARCHING FOR A SAFE HAVEN
CROSSING TREACHEROUS SEAS
FINDING A NEW MEANING
A LIFE OF A BRIGHT FUTURE
TODAY A NEW BEGINNING
I ASK FOR FORGIVENESS
A CHANCE TO DISPLACE MY SINS
IN LIES I AM INNOCENT
IN TRUTH I AM NOT
Scheme | XAABB CXXX XXD DX EF XBXXX XXXX XXCXE EXGF GXX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 10110 010101 1101001 1101100 101010 0100101 1010 101 10111 01001 101001 1 10001 1010010 1101010 11111 010101010 11001011 1001001 1010011 1101011 011 011 011 01100011 011 1110 1101 11010 1010110 101001 100110 0110110 0101010 111010 0110111 0111100 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,005 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 3, 2, 2, 5, 4, 5, 4, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
INNOCENCE AND TRUTH CONFLICTED CONFLICT
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Written on March 22, 2023
Submitted by ryraynard on March 22, 2023
Modified on March 24, 2023
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