Analysis of Only hearts seem to beat
J J 1980 (NC)
Even more so than my tears,
my dilution runs free.
This haste to get away from this scene,
leaves me in this sub tranquil serene.
I move as though I'm barely touching the ground,
just like I do in my dreams,
where it's so easy for me to walk weightless.
To enjoy this fresh purchase of air.
Breathlessness and fatigue has little effect on me.
I don't understand why my memories hold such agony.
Daily I witness my horizon as it lessens even further.
My tears begin to obscure the remains of my vision.
Makes my writing an arbitrary and diluted decision.
My only record of what's real.
Seems my words will only uncover,
What I force upon them to conceal.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011111 101011 111101111 110111001 11111101001 1111011 11110111110 101111011 10011100111 11011110011100 10110101011101010 11011010011110 111011000010010 11001111 111110010 111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 121 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 513 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 121 |
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