Analysis of The Addict
One more pill, it's all I need
I promise no more after this
Track marks hidden, so others can't see
My addiction has taken me into the abyss
Lying, stealing
From loved ones
Watching, waiting
As my world comes undone
Anger and lashing out
Have become my new norm
Spiraling out of control
My addiction, a raging storm.
Apologies are meaningless
Always blaming others
Leaving in my path broken hearts
Fathers, sisters, brothers, mothers
My addiction rules my world
Destroying everything I had
It eats my body and my soul
How much longer will I last?
| Scheme | ABCBDEDFGHIHJKLKMNIO |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111111 11011101 111011011 1010110101001 1010 111 1010 111101 100101 101111 1001101 10100101 01001100 11010 10011101 10101010 1010111 0101011 11110011 1110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 527 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 439 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 96 |
About this poem
I recently lost my sister to fentanyl poisoning. I wrote this before she had passed.
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