Analysis of The hand she's dealt
Elizabeth Lacy 1964 (Denver)
Devastated and alone,
she sits in her home.
Tears roll down her face,
Meaningless things fill her space.
Anger and confusion fill her mind,
Praying for love she'll never find.
Reality consumes thoughts in the night,
and thoughts of suicide she constantly fights.
Wondering about her purpose in life,
Why is there only struggles & strife.
She prays to that God above,
for only one thing, just a little love.
Hating who she is like everyone else,
No understanding of her own self.
She looks at the people surrounding her,
Until everything becomes a blur.
Wishing that life would come to an end,
No more lonely moments will she spend.
Gratitude is the thing she tries to feel, awakened to another empty day she'll deal.
Scheme | ABCCDDEFGGHHIJKKLLM |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100001 11001 11101 1001101 100010101 10111101 10011001 0111011001 1000101001 11110101 1111101 1101110101 101111101 10101011 1110100100 01100101 101111111 111010111 101011111010101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 725 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 568 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 126 |
About this poem
Just another expression of my pain
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Written on March 08, 2022
Submitted by Laziza on March 08, 2022
Modified on March 27, 2023
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