Analysis of I'm to Blame



This mess is my fault
And I’m sorry I
Messed up all our lives.
Seeing you cry
Used to be rare,
But now,
Seeing you cry is almost
A daily part of my life.
A sob wells in my throat,
My chest starts to ache,
My eyes start to water,
With the effort of
Holding in my tears.
It’s hard not to lose hope
When you’re standing there
In front of me and crying.
I can barely
Hold in my sobs
As my chest aches
With the guilt I feel,
Knowing that I’m the one who
Caused everyone to
Drown in the depths of their
Darkness and confusion and sorrow.
I’m the one
Who brought
This darkness upon all of us,
Who caused
You to cry,
Who caused
You to shout in frustration,
Who caused
You to have stacks of papers
Lying on the counter,
Who caused
This tidal wave of darkness
To swallow us all whole.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111 01101 111101 1011 1111 11 101111 0101111 011011 11111 111110 10101 10011 111111 11101 0111010 1110 1011 1111 10111 1011011 1101 100111 100010010 101 11 11001111 11 111 11 1110010 11 1111110 101010 11 1101110 110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 800
Words 188
Sentences 6
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 37
Lines Amount 37
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 597
Words per stanza (avg) 157
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on April 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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