Analysis of Can I Be Saved?
Darkness is subjective,
To you, it brings the night sky,
white paint splattered over a black canvas,
Left over residue from a masterpiece of a morning,
To me, it is everything.
The feeling of loneliness suppressed so deep it flattens my lips,
Forcing a perfectly crafted smile,
Don't look at me.
This sensation is no longer a part of my day,
This is my morning coffee, my brunch with my pretentious friends,
And my late night milk and cookies,
My bed time story read by the voices in the back of my mind,
Treating me to a classic novel filled with anguish and pain.
But Then, I see you.
A portrait of a blind mans greatest work,
Curves created by the flick of a paint brush,
Surrealism at its finest.
I know, how you want to save me,
Save me from this poison of a parasite living within me,
My pallet of colours slowly fading into black,
Come Be my canvas,
Let me create a new masterpiece, a life in a picture,
Saved for a moment, in pure heavenly peace.
Come read to me baby, be the voices in the back of my mind,
And I, will be your milk, your cookies,
And you, could be my saviour.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101010 1111011 1110100110 1101010101010 111110 010110001111111 100100101 1111 1010111001111 111101011110101 01111010 1111011010001111 101101010111001 11111 0101011101 10101011011 01001110 11111111 111110101010011 110111010011 11110 11010110010010 11010011001 1111101010001111 011111110 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,074 |
Words | 208 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 5, 1, 3, 6, 3 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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