Analysis of Despair
Samuel B. Duff 1981 (Michigan)
That moment when
You see
What waits around the corner
And it hits you
Flash
(She doesn’t want me)
Like a ton of fists
Bright and hot
Broken nose
Punch to the gut
Like a fistful of nails
Kick to testicles
(No one wants me)
Crushing you
Can’t breathe
Drowning
(I’ve been alone forever)
The whole world goes
Pinpoint dim
dragging you down
Into the deep
Closing over you
(I’ll be alone forever)
Swallowed
You disappear
From white to green to black
| Scheme | ABCDEBFGHIJKBDLMCHNOPDCQRS |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 11 1101010 0111 1 1111 10111 101 101 1101 101011 11100 1111 101 11 10 1101010 0111 11 1011 0101 10101 1101010 10 101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 430 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 26 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 350 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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