Analysis of Nothing is as it seems
A subtle darkness collapses into night
Lamenting for dawns basking light
Black mascara tears run down her face
As she hears the screeching of tires interlace
Grimacing at the ropes burning her fragile wrists
She beats the inside of the trunk with her fists
Down the rugged terrain they go
Sirens wailing at this sick-minded foe
Arid smoke chokes the air
Salty sweaty dirt in her hair
Her piteous appeals for her life
Fill her heart full of strife
Desperately kicking about
a tire blows out
A narrow path they fight to share
Lips quivering through her prayer
Brakes screeching to a halt
Bring an end to this assault
Over the cliff they descend
Black clouds rolling in
Death waits for neither foe or friend
Abruptly awakened from the fright
She did not walk toward the light
Something doesn't seem quite right
Was it all a dream
Nothing is as it seems
What could this be
Her heart races suddenly
As she pulls back the blanket from her knees
She realizes now that she survived as an amputee
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGEEHHIJIAAAKLMMNM |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (43%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 01010010011 01011101 101011101 11101011001 100101100101 11001101101 10100111 1010111101 101101 10101001 0101101 101111 10001001 01011 01011111 1100101 110101 1111101 1001101 11100 11110111 010010101 11110101 1010111 11101 101111 1111 0110100 1111010101 11001110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 958 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 30 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 808 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 178 |
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Submitted on September 16, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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