Analysis of LIONS DEN
mad hippie poet 1974 (new jersey)
Will I ever be the hero that I was sent to be
I sit on the mountain, looking down, not making a single sound. Strangeness covers me like the clouds cover the sky. I ask myself, who is meant to be saved and why? What do the gods see that I do not
I'm shivering from the cold because I lost my way, but now I am in the lions' den because I'm meant to roam with them from the beginning to the end.
They tried to break me and hang me on a cross, thinking I wouldn't get lost, but in the night's skies, I was there hanging high. Here, I sit in the lion's den, looking outside to see my shadow of light.
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Metre | 11101010111111 111010101110010110101101100111111111101110111111 11001010111111111001010111111110010101 11111011101101101110011111101111001011011111111 |
Characters | 599 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 113 |
Words per line (avg) | 31 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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