Analysis of Fire Burns Everything It Cares To Touch
Birds used to fly to the stars, to the moon.
As time grew, so did problems.
It seemed that the fire was going to take over soon.
The smoke contained everything and made everything seem impossible.
Somehow the birds escaped and made it to another forest.
This forest was greener, but soon the fire spread.
Instead of running, they stayed put and didn’t try to escape.
The fire swallowed them as they wished this was a dream and would wake up in bed.
The fire didn’t care to stop for a couple of little birds.
The fire didn’t care how old they were, it didn’t matter.
Nothing in the world mattered when that fire started, only the hateful words
that it told everything, the words that swallowed someone whole.
Almost every tree, every plant, and every animal burns within the flames.
It makes some think, “what a shame.”
“They had such a beautiful life to live.”
“They were just selfish and didn’t think about what it would give.”
They think that the wind puts out the fire, but it only makes it worse.
That’s not how fire works at all.
You see, people can’t live normally with it, they don’t get a chance to pay the bill.
It’s not being selfish, it’s a symptom of being mentally ill.
Scheme | AXAX XBXB CXCX XXXX XXDD |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (20%) |
Metre | 1111101101 1111110 11101011011101 010110011010100 10101011101010 110110110101 01110111011101 0101011111101011101 010111110101101 0101111101110 1000110111010100101 111100111011 110011001010010010101 1111101 1110100111 10110011011111 11101110101110111 11110111 11101110011111011101 11101010101101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,223 |
Words | 241 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 46 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 183 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
About this poem
This poem discusses a topic that most don’t feel comfortable talking about. The birds represent people, the stars and moon represents goals and dreams, the fire represents depression, the smoke represents the dark thoughts, and the trees/plants represents hope. Besides the poem representing depression, what’s really being described is the situation of how a person can be driven to suicide.
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Written on January 27, 2023
Submitted by Mikayla12456 on March 23, 2023
Modified by Mikayla12456 on March 23, 2023
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