Analysis of Help Me (MAJOR TW for self-injury and su!c!de)



Help me,
Help me.
If you don’t help me
I might lose this fight
And I’ll seek death
As my refuge.
Help me,
Help me.
This is killing me slowly.
Death is on its way
Because I called it
On the phone,
Asking in desperation
For it to come
And take me away forever.
Help me,
Help me.
I’m dying inside my head.
I desperately want
Death to kidnap me
So I can be
Locked away forever.
Help me,
Help me.
I’m slipping,
I’m falling.
Clutching at empty air
As I fall and drop and
Plunge toward the ground,
Breaking my skull
And shattering my heart.
Help me,
Help me.
The knife is closer,
The blood is tempting.
The physical pain
Is my want
And the stinging cut
Is my need.
Help me,
Help me.
Death is near.
I can feel its
Presence very close.
It’s luring me
To the darkness.
It’s tempting me
To the night.
Help me,
Help me.
I can’t get out of here.
I’m sinking
In this quicksand
And I’m dying
Slowly but quickly.
I can’t escape
From my head
Filled with death.


Scheme AAabcdAAaefghijAAklaajAAmmnopqrAAjmsltuAAvwxayabAAzm1 ma2 kc
Poetic Form
Metre 11 11 11111 11111 0111 1110 11 11 1110110 11111 01111 101 100010 1111 01101010 11 11 1100111 110001 1111 1111 101010 11 11 110 110 101101 111010 10101 1011 010011 11 11 01110 01110 01001 111 00101 111 11 11 111 1111 10101 1101 1010 1101 101 11 11 111111 110 011 0110 10110 1101 111 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 980
Words 235
Sentences 23
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 58
Lines Amount 58
Letters per line (avg) 12
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 712
Words per stanza (avg) 187
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on April 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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