Analysis of To Stare at the Wall
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Have you ever really stared at the wall
I mean, like REALLY stare at the wall
To the point that the world goes blurry
Siting still but my thoughts still run
The world I’ve come up with in my head isn’t blurry but the thoughts are running fast
When I catch myself really staring at the wall
I realize just how pointless my existence has become
Let’s look at it for what it is
My lungs expand and retract
My heart beats. My brain is firing off neurons…
But I’m still not living
In my eyes… that looks like wasted energy
There is something. Or someone out there that could really use this wasted energy
Something. Someone, with purpose
That’s not just breathing but, is actually living.
Scheme | X AABXX AX XXXC BB XC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010011010011101111010101010110101101 1 1110101101 111101101 101101110 10111111 0111110111101011101 11111010101 11011101010101 11111111 1101001 11111110110 111110 01111110100 1110111111101110100 101110 111101110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,041 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 2, 4, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
Disclaimer: TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ if you are disturbed by -Severe mental Illness -Suicidal Thoughts Please click away. Viewer Discretion is Advised This piece is like a spoken word kind of thing. Freestyle poem.
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Written on October 29, 2021
Submitted by Jae_Succa on October 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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