Analysis of Reality in Darkness
I was born about noon in the shade of magnolias
Wearing the rose-colored glasses of trust
Everything to lose, but still I flew higher
When I took that one fatal glance at the earth
You were born on a night without trees or spectacles
Aspiring to mediocrity and lacking in love
So I knelt on the ground with my knees in the dirt
And now I'm the same height as you
I know in my heart that you're all that I have
(I've lost my faith in sweet-smelling trees)
My rose-colored glasses have turned a dark gray
And my noon in the shade disappeared
It's hard to believe that it's worth it to lose
But I happen to know from experience
The wings of naiveté hold so few pounds
And land is more stable than sky
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Metre | 1110110011010 1001101011 1011111110 11111101101 1011010111100 0101010001001 111101111001 01101111 11011111111 111101101 11101011011 01100101 11101111111 11101110100 01111111 01111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 683 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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