Analysis of My gift to you
My gift to you
The hardest thing I did was live
Thinking I had nothing to give
I couldn't take anymore; I wanted to die
So suicide I gave a try
I swallowed some pills and slit my wrists;
Laid down for what seemed like a bit
When I woke up the pain was worse
Cause suicide is such a curse
For some odd reason I didn't die
I could give my life another try
I can now look back and see that
Suicide reinvented me
I've learned to take it day by day
Cause not all pain is here to stay
For those of you who want to die
Give your life another try
When you look at me, its not suicide you'll seee
For I once was you, and you are now me
I'm sharing my story with my life to live
THIS is what I have to give
Please give your life another try
People like me don't want you to die
Scheme | X ABCC DX EE CC XF GG CC DF AB CC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 01011111 10111011 11010111011 1101101 110110111 11111101 11110111 1101101 111101101 111110101 11111011 1000101 11111111 11111111 11111111 1110101 11111111011 1111101111 11011011111 1111111 11110101 101111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 777 |
Words | 176 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
its about suicide its about life its about finding the courage to live its about living its about surving pain its about me
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Written on November 05, 2019
Submitted by elizajane727 on September 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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