Analysis of Pain
Oscar Auliq-Ice 1994 (Port Elizabeth)
Pain, oh how it burns within,
A raging fire, a punishing sin.
It grips and twists, tearing apart,
Breaking the body and the heart.
No refuge from its cruel embrace,
No respite, no moment of grace.
It lingers on, a constant ache,
A weight that no one can shake.
It steals the joy from every day,
Leaves only tears and words to say,
The agony that won't subside,
The price we pay for being alive.
But even in this darkest night,
There is a glimmer of hope in sight.
For pain can teach us to be strong,
To rise above and carry on.
So let us not be ruled by fear,
But face the pain and persevere.
For in the struggle, we may find,
A peace that heals the heart and mind.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEXX FFXX GGHH |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111101 0101001001 11011001 10010001 110111001 11011011 11010101 0111111 110111001 11010111 01001101 011111001 11001101 110101101 11111111 11010101 11111111 11010001 10010111 01110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 669 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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