Analysis of Somewhere in the Middle



Isn't it something,
That there's as much evil in the ground
As good in the sky?

Isn't it something,
In the fact that there's torn up love letters,
And ripped up calendar pages
Decorating my floor?
Both who glitter by the sunlight of my window.

Because
Life lies somewhere in the middle
Of being untouchable
And being exiled from your kingdom.

Life lies somewhere in the middle.

Of tragedy and romance,
Of you and I.
Of feeling stuck in place
Like running through mud.
And days that feel like flying through air.
Like the world is yours.
Like days that you want to keep in your pocket
But bleed through the night into a new day.

Life lies somewhere in the middle.

Of Newton and Dylan,
Of anger and finding peace by yourself.
Of feeling strong
And missing your mom tucking you in at night.
And moonlight shinning on your gently pressed eyes
Like a serene lullaby.

Life lies somewhere in the middle.
Life is held in place by the good and the baad.
It lies in the eye of the perfect storm,
Fearless.
Yet, it goes on.
It is stuck in place by nothing.
It glides right through time
And by the end you stand
With your heart in your hand,
Bloody and blue
And scream
"Look what I did!"
I lived.


Scheme Abc Axxxx xDdx D xcxxxxxx D xxxxxc Dbxxxaxeexxxx
Poetic Form
Metre 10110 111110001 11001 10110 0011111110 01110010 10011 11101011110 01 1110010 1100100 01011110 1110010 1100001 1101 110101 11011 011111011 10111 11111110110 1110101011 1110010 110010 1100101101 1101 01011101011 011111011 100110 1110010 11101101001 1100110011 10 1111 11101110 11111 010111 111011 1001 01 1111 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,192
Words 257
Sentences 22
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 5, 4, 1, 8, 1, 6, 13
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 116
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by Fayleeg26 on September 16, 2023

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Faylee Goren

Faylee is a 15 year old poet and songwriter from Canada. She enjoys all forms of creative expression, mostly written! more…

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