Analysis of When I close my eyes I am not here
When I close my eyes I am not here
But do not ask me where I go to my dear
For the place would likely bring your eyes to tears
It's lights warmth might melt the skin off your prescious life
Its time claims whole beings for it's wife
Yet I go there beyond the sweet lullabies
I am not here but for my sleepy disguise
And the people dash about before my eyes
So perfect and beautiful they cannot tell me lies
For they hear the soul and listen deeply to her cries
She complains too much only to herself
Their love far too strong for her to keep
on life's shelf
When I close my eyes I am not here
But do not ask me where I go to my dear
| Scheme | ABcddeeeeefgfAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
| Metre | 111111111 11111111111 10111011111 11111011111 111110111 1111010110 11111111001 00101010111 1010100110111 1110101010101 1011110101 111111011 111 111111111 11111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 632 |
| Words | 133 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 497 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 133 |
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