Analysis of Struggle



My life is ebbing slowly away,
I cannot stop the hurt,
Ibuprofen can only heal so much pain,
And even though it’s a pain reliever,
It’s not strong enough
To heal this pain inside.
I’m trying to hang on
And stay strong,
But it’s so hard
To get up
And keep going
When life is there
To push me to the ground.
What am I doing here?
Why am I even here?
I ask as I look at the
Temptations that I stare in the eye,
Deciding my life from now on,
Invisible forces
Keep me on my feet
And drag me through this tough life,
Unwilling to let me die that easily,
But I’m struggling
To keep my head
Above the treacherous waters
That swirl around me
And threaten to drag me underwater.
But how can I fight this pain,
How can I stay alive
When I don’t even feel alive?


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNNOPGQRSTKUVTDCWW
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (27%)
Metre 111101001 110101 0101101111 0101101010 11101 111101 110111 011 1111 111 0110 1111 111101 111101 111101 1111110 010111001 1011111 010010 11111 0111111 01011111100 11100 1111 01010010 11011 010111100 1111111 111101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 763
Words 168
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 30
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 577
Words per stanza (avg) 152
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on January 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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