Analysis of Tattered Heart
My heart beats
But it slows
The Rhythm fading
Once the eternal roar
Of life itself
Washed away
With Endless slumber
The heart creates
As it shatters
A touch restart
The Rhythm lost
By tattered pieces
But loves touch
Stolen from clutches
Of loves own blood
| Scheme | XXX XXX XXX XXA XAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) |
| Metre | 111 111 01010 100101 1101 101 11010 0101 1110 0101 0101 11010 111 10110 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 42 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on June 15, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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