Analysis of To fix this broken bridge
These cinders fall to the waters below,
I am lost, scared, alone,
She felt the urge to burn it and burn it she did,
And here I am… alone, alone.
As my heart pumps and lurches forth
I feel the calm – the urge, “Let go”
This Anniversary… alone, alone.
I confide a hero I could have been
But these ashes and charred remains
Only fall to the sea of brokenness and disappointment
The distance of this canyon only grows
And her green eyes disappear... she fades
“I love you i really do…” she claims from the arrow’s note
“sorry again” I falter… I crumble…
Alone…
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101001 111101 110111101111 01110101 11110101 11010111 101000101 1010101111 11100101 101101110010 0101110101 00110111 11111011110101 1001110110 01 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 570 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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