Analysis of Hell

Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)



I drifted into hell thinking it was a game.

Young and impressionable:
Not laying any blame.

Good times were had...
Sex+drugs=fun...

But little did I know
The fix had begun.

Devouring
My
Substance

I couldn't see an end

This needle had me:
The most loyal friend.

Like a love sick fool:
I came back again,  and again.

Many times it had killed me
But I couldn't say no

The demon had caught me
His spirit on show.

But somehow you saved me you answered their prays.

Plucked from the embers, by your tender hands.

Bandaged and nourished until I was strong.

Now 30 years later your life is my song.


Scheme A XA XB CB XXX D ED XX EC EC X X F F
Poetic Form
Metre 110011101101 1001000 110101 1101 111 110111 01101 0100 1 10 110111 11011 01101 10111 11101001 1011111 111011 010111 11011 1111111011 1101011101 1001001111 111011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 613
Words 141
Sentences 12
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 33
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Written on July 05, 2023

Submitted by myway6119 on July 04, 2023

Modified by myway6119 on July 04, 2023

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