Analysis of Cliff
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
I desire
To witness more through my eyes,
So that I can fix
All that is broken inside.
Time moves quickly,
Slipping away,
And you might miss the part
Of me that will stay.
For a lengthy time,
I have been struggling
To carry this burden,
It has slowly been destroying
My other half,
My soulmate,
My person,
My muse.
Here I am,
Overlooking the edge of a cliff,
If I fall,
it will be a long way down
From where we made our pledge.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010 1101111 11111 1111001 1110 1001 011101 11111 10101 111100 110110 11101010 1101 11 110 11 111 10001101 111 1110111 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 440 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 13 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Written on June 04, 2023
Submitted by JoeStrickland on June 04, 2023
Modified by JoeStrickland on June 04, 2023
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