Analysis of ADDICTS
Addicts injecting, ingesting and inhaling their drugs,
It's a dangerous life trying to keep pace with the
thugs.
The addict uses and pays dearly for the sin,
The disease effects all it's under his skin.
The trenches are full of front line soldiers affected by
addiction,
The city and the state say it's not their jurisdiction.
Addiction is not a choice that one makes,
They ended up addicts by mistake.
Addicts are not moral failures,
Their wounded warriors drugs are their inhalers.
They are not week of character,
Dealing with emotional pain they hit a barrier.
Addiction is the reaction to emotional pain,
It's cradle to grave in the fast lane.
98% of addicts were harmed when they were young,
They often have mental issues and are high-strung.
Using drugs is an attempt to deal with the issues,
Without proper guidance the addict continues.
Something went wrong a long time ago,
From that day on it's been touch and go.
Shame, guilt I must be a bad kid,
When your young the pain stays hid.
It festers up much later in life,
It effects all, You, your job, your kids and your wife.
You are not fully aware of this inner shame,
When you figure it out Who's to blame.
You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out what
to do,
You attempt suicide you trying to kill you,
THE ADDICT…….
Scheme | AXA BB XCC XX DD EE FF GG HH II JJ KK LL XMMX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010010001011 1010011011110 1 001100110101 00101111011 01011111100101 010 0100011111010 0101101111 110101101 01111010 110100111010 11111100 10101001110100 01010010101001 110110011 101011101 110110100111 1011101111010 011010001010 101101101 111111101 11111011 1110111 11111001 101111111011 111100111101 111011111 11101101011011 11 10110110111 001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,420 |
Words | 278 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
It's all about the addict and his addiction. The lifestyle and the nature of the disease.
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Written on October 31, 2021
Submitted by Turbo1904 on December 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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