Analysis of To my doctor
Laura Marie Emms 1992 (Cheltenham)
Hi, Hello, it’s me!
I’m screaming!
Yes I’m here again but now I’m PLEADING!
Don’t turn me away with that diagnosis’ANXIETY’!
‘Take another pill it will help you blend in with society’
But I’m telling YOU!
This pain in my chest,
The numbness in my lips,
My body feeling like it’s ready for death!
That’s not enough for you is it?
No matter how much I plead?
Do I have to do something stupid for you to see me?
‘IF’ I do go that far,
And I decide not to stay,
Remember I was just a lost girl asking to be saved….
| Scheme | ABBCADCEFCCAGCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 110 1110111110 11101111 1010111111010100 11101 11011 010011 11010111011 11011111 1101111 11111101011111 111111 011111 01011101110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 547 |
| Words | 115 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 378 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
About this poem
A poem I wrote as if I let my mental health take over. How I felt as if I was a number on there daily chores! How my medication just carried on being heightened. I am a mother and I deserved better! I am one of the lucky ones to have fought through it and not let it kill me!
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