Analysis of Maze



If my life starts to turn
Into a very intricate mess
I'll begin to seek inside the labyrinth
An outlet from this distress

I go in each and every way
Just to run into all the walls
And slowly mounting a foolish idea
That there's no ending to all my stalls

"There IS a way out of this stage"
I keep restating inside my head
But all the while I try to convince myself
An inkling arises that I dread

When the thought finally comes
That hope has gone away
An arm of comfort holds me close
And says "I'll forever stay"

With that enjoyment in my heart
My head always knows the course
The illustrious end again is straight ahead
And your love is at the source

So when my mind starts to convert
Into a maze that has no finish
All I need to remember is your comforting arm
And the love that won't diminish


Scheme XAXA BCXC XDXD XBXB XEDE XFXF
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 111111 010101001 1011101010 111101 110101001 11101101 01010010010 111101111 11011111 110100111 1101111011 110010111 1011001 111101 11110111 0110101 11010011 111101 001001011101 0111101 11111110 010111110 1111010111001 00111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 773
Words 157
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on September 05, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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