Analysis of Life's Torture
As I write this. I think about who I am.
I feel lonely sometimes lost without hope or dreams.
I have memories, some I do not want, anxious almost never calm.
Life as I know it is like a person. Always winding me up. "It seems".
I lie awake till the early hours. Wondering why I am who I am.
Why am I being punished. Why o why.
Too scared to open like the petals of a scared flower.
But my heart is soft. Always feeling the need to cry.
The tears well up, But nothing comes out.
I think of my whole life up to this point and what I'm about.
I search for answers but always met with a wall.
Everyday is a struggle. Everyday I tumble and fall.
So here I am a forty three year old man.
Nothing to show for those forty three years that I am.
My only solitude for this existence is when I close my eyes.
In my head I scream where no one can hear my cries.
Knowing tomorrow will repeat this very day.
The prospect of it is daunting. But it needs to be done.
There is nothing but darkness and no where to run.
I'm just being truthful in what I say.
At 1a.m. I write this very poem and think.
What will people make of this writing.
Does he use his brain. His poem's stink.
This is just part of my life. Nothing too exciting.
So you either like it or hate it.
As they say. "It is what it is"
I've just wrote what came to my head. There is no faking it.
So I say this is what it is.
Scheme | ABXB ACXC DDEE XAFF GHHG IJIJ KLKL |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (86%) |
Metre | 11111101111 111001101111 1110011111101101 11111110101101111 1101101010100111111 1111010111 11110101010110 111111100111 011111011 111111111101101 11110111101 101101010111001 11110101111 1011111011111 1101011010111111 011111111111 10011011101 01011110111111 111011001111 1110100111 11111101001 111011110 11111111 1111111101010 111011111 11111111 11111111111101 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,422 |
Words | 320 |
Sentences | 41 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem just as I think about my life. Sometimes a ramble on but this is just part of my thoughts. What you see is what you get.
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Written on October 08, 2022
Submitted by Mark0070 on August 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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