Analysis of Haunting Silences
Whispers …
deep inside my pillow
Reminding
of each fleeting voice
trapped beyond the wind
Memories …
bending like a willow
Weighing down
my broken dreams
—the future lost within
(Dreamsleep: August, 2023)
| Scheme | XAXXX XAXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 101110 010 11101 10101 100 10101 101 1101 010101 110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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