Analysis of A Different Way (MAJOR TW for self-injury)
I brace myself
For the oncoming pain.
I hear the many rips
Of my hair yanking out,
One by one.
I stare for a moment
At the bunch of hair
In my hand,
My eyes watering from
The expected pain.
I feel the throbbing
Of my head,
Deprived of some hair.
My head now aches
And throbs;
The top of my head is now
Raw from the forceful yanking.
I hide my now-detached hair
In a clump of tissues,
Hoping no one will notice
So I can dispose
Of the evidence,
So no one would know
That I have
Ripped out my hair.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIBJKGLCMJGNOPQRSG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (32%) |
Metre | 111 10101 110101 111101 111 111010 10111 011 111001 00101 11010 111 01111 1111 01 0111111 1101010 1111011 00111 1011110 11101 10100 11111 111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 504 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 25 |
Lines Amount | 25 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 381 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 103 |
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