Analysis of The only one.
As I watch the rise of the morning sun.
I sit here and think, am I the only one.
That awaits each day with loathing fear.
So surprised I have made it through another year.
The happiness has all turned to sad.
Oh how has it gotten so, so bad.
Now I sit and watch the afternoon rain.
Wondering how I will face this pain.
You gave it to me when I left this place.
The rain mixes with the tears on my face.
Watching the evening sun sink below.
I lay my streaked face on the pillow.
I gave up on trying to be strong.
Now I know I must just move along.
Passing through the locked gates alone.
For all your sins I must atone.
Scheme | AABBCC DDEE FFGGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110101 11101110101 101111101 101111110101 010011111 111110111 111010011 100111111 1111111111 0110101111 100101101 111111010 111110111 111111101 10101101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 127 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 158 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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