Analysis of Respite
Crystal G 1985
Count the evil things you’ve done,
Were they all in good fun?
Foreign to you is empathy,
Causing everyone else misery.
Times will pass, no end in sight.
When you sleep, I seek respite.
In my lonesome, I will crawl,
Away from the inevitable fall.
| Scheme | AABB XXCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1010111 011011 10111100 10101100 1111101 1111110 0110111 0110010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
Evil all around
Font size:
1 fan
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Respite" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 1 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/186384/respite>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Crystal G poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In