Analysis of I Need Answers
Macey Howell 1987 (Atlanta)
My days are full of sorrow,
Why is there no sunshine left to borrow?
My parents would just say,
"It's His plan, he'll send you a golden ray"
If that's the case why will no one stay?
Day after day abandonment awaits my doorstep.
I try to retrace my steps but still can't find my way.
I need answers.
If everything is in the works of the "Lord" up above,
why am I sitting here writing this poem,
hoping someone can relate.
Cause I'm lost in a maze of bad days,
praying (to Him) ill find my way.
I try and look away from the pain,
but it's no sunshine all rain.
If He is listening I ask, no beg, of you,
take this cancer away.
I need answers.
Scheme | aabbbxbC xxxxbddxbC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 11111111 110111 1111110101 110111111 110101000111 1110111111111 1110 1101001101101 11110110110 101101 111001111 10111111 110101101 111111 111100111111 111001 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 640 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 10 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 240 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
About this poem
my struggles with mental illness and religion.
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Written on December 09, 2022
Submitted by macy.howell on December 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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