Analysis of I am Judas



I am weak without you
But you fail to make me strong
My mind wanders away
But my soul still stays, I can’t do this alone

I wonder lost in familiar territory
Needing a guiding hand
I slip away, mindless and thoughtless
I do it alone to spite the shining lights

I bite the hand that feeds
I starve my soul to spite my mind
I know I am nothing
I strive to be everything

I am angry, I am sad, I am hateful
I feel desperate, I feel alone, I feel the dark
I see the helping hands, I see the way
I turn away from you, I hate I can’t do this alone

I’ve traveled so many miles to know my way
Still I need directions to my happiness
I’ve tried so many times, sometimes desperately
My soul is too tired to continue to feel

I once was happy, I once was strong
I once was hopeful, I once had desire
I try to return to what I once had
I try to return to what I once felt

You say you understand, you say you know
You say you’ll reach out, I just have to hold on
I turn to reach for the helping hand
Only to find it brings me down

I’ve been in the dark so long I don’t recognize the light
I’ve been in the dark so long it feels like home
I’ve been in the dark so long my mind has shut down
I’ve been here so long my spirit has become the darkness

I see what the world has become
And I wonder if I am the darkness
I see the little things I used to love
I forget how to smile
As they now bring me the pain

Is there anyone that can help?
Is there anyone without an agenda?
Will you understand my story?
Will you remember me when I’m gone?


Scheme XABC DEFX XXGG XXBC BFDX AXXX XXEH XXHF XFXXX XXDX
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 1111111 111001 11111111101 11010010100 100101 110110010 11101110101 110111 11111111 111110 111110 11101111110 111011011101 1101011101 11011111111101 11011011111 11101011100 111101011000 111110101011 111101111 11110111010 1110111111 1110111111 111011111 11111111111 111110101 10111111 1100111111001 11001111111 110011111111 11111110101010 11101101 0110111010 1101011111 101111 1111101 1110111 1110011010 1101110 110101111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,521
Words 321
Sentences 4
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 117
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted by scottemtnj1979 on July 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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