Analysis of Darkness
I'm swimming all alone in a pool of darkness
and I feel like darkness is slowly pulling me under
I yell for help but no one is there to hear it
I begin to see the water at eye level
and I kick and flail
fighting to stay above the darkness
But the darkness won't let go of its hold on me
and I slowly begin to give in
to the feeling that lies below the waterline
the waters start to fill my lungs
the lungs that once held so much life
yet now they allow the murky water to replace that
I know that this path doesn't lead to happiness
But why doesn't someone grab my hand
pull me from darkness's grasp?
because no one knows I stand at the boundary
the boundary between light and dark
so I give in to the thing that holds me
All of the strength and all of the courage
that I once held in my heart
can't save me from the water
So I slowly slip below the world of conscientiousness
undetected by the occupants of that world
I don't want to fight anymore
I've given into darkness.
Scheme | ABCDEAFGGHIJAKLFMFNOBAPQA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101001110 01111011010110 111111111111 101110101110 01101 101101010 101011111111 011001110 1010110101 01011111 01111111 1110101010111 111111011100 11101111 11111 011111110100 010001101 1110101111 1101011010 1111011 1111010 11101010111 01010100111 1111101 1100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 950 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 769 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 196 |
About this poem
Feeling alone in this world. Poetry is the only thing that helps me to escape.
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Written on July 28, 2021
Submitted by tiffyshell88 on July 28, 2021
Modified on March 15, 2023
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