Analysis of Despondency.



I cut my limbs off
one by one;
attempting to numb the pain of your despondency.

I frantically sew them back on;
poorly,
crudely.
with no motive at all,
simply for the beauty of it.

Here,
take the blade.
cut me out into what you want me to be,
bend me to your will
for I am just a slave,
a puppet
a canvas.

I fear ill turn into you,
yet
I yearn to resemble you in the slightest.
would that please you ?
lie to me
I beg of you,
lie and tell me it will.


Scheme XXA XAAXX XXABXXX CXXCACB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 111 0101101110100 110001111 10 10 111011 10101011 1 101 11101111111 11111 111101 010 010 1111011 1 11101010010 1111 111 1111 101111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 458
Words 118
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 5, 7, 7
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 24

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(tw: self harm)

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Written on December 13, 2021

Submitted by h3llshot_666 on December 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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