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
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

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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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