Analysis of Horror Within



Fragments of yesterday.
Flashing, drifting.
They won't let me be.
Reappearing frequently.
First, on the spine of my book.
Whispering, calling.
Next, in my mirror, so fine—look!
Clawing, gnawing.
Escape did I.
Read me, they did.
Hide, I tried.
For they can't see me, can they?
Even braved to say: "Leave me be!"
But deaf they are, most dreadfully.
So hunting, haunting they kept. Demanding, now laughing, they went. Awful them lot, you think?
How nice of you.
Not just part of me they are, you see.
But deep within me, they reside. Unfortunately.
My horrendous reality.


Scheme ABCCDBDBEFGACCHICCC
Poetic Form
Metre 10110 1010 11111 1100 1101111 10010 10110111 1010 0111 1111 111 1111111 10111111 11111100 110101101011011101111 1111 111111111 1101110101000 11010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 564
Words 99
Sentences 22
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 19
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 436
Words per stanza (avg) 97

About this poem

Your worst enemy lies within you. . .or could it be you?

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Written on April 12, 2020

Submitted by saysiscon on August 21, 2021

Modified on May 01, 2023

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