Analysis of A new way of life
I lie awake in my hospital bed.
Night after night a tear I shed.
My operation decides my fate.
Praying to God that its not to late.
Into recovery for an hour or two.
Waiting and not knowing what I had just been through.
Not often I'm scared awaiting to hear.
I just wanted all this to just disappear.
Wake up from this dream is all I kept saying.
This wasn't a dream so I just kept praying.
More tears more sorrow when is this going to end.
All this heartache is driving me round the bend.
The curtains drawn closed around my bed.
Come on please stop playing with my head.
My friends my family the sadness they show.
Only way round it I had to glow.
This life changing trauma I was to encounter.
Leaving me paralyzed was no longer banter.
Sorry to say my story had to be told.
A new way of life was to unfold.
The memories the sorrow they never go away.
They stay with you day after day.
The people around me have been my inspiration.
This is why I want to share this with the nation.
Good days and bad days such alot to take in.
Not knowing how to cope leaves my head in a spin.
Stay strong stay focused I kept telling myself.
Be Thankful of life Steve you've still got your health. xxx
Scheme | AABBCCDEFFGGAAHHIIJJKKLLMMNO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101101 11010111 1010111 101111111 01010111011 100110111111 1101101011 1110111101 11111111110 11001111110 111101111011 1111101101 010110111 111110111 11110001011 101111111 111010111010 10110111010 10111101111 011111101 0100010110101 11111101 010011111010 111111111010 11011101110 110111111001 1111011101 110111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,190 |
Words | 261 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 28 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 923 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 234 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem the night before my major spinal surgery..whilst I was in my hospital bed. I was told I would never walk again and there was a 80% risk of me being paralyzed from the neck down... After my surgery I ended up paralyzed from the waist down and completely wheelchair dependent.. I read my poem often as it is so powerful..
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Written on June 30, 2010
Submitted by parrysteven35 on March 30, 2022
Modified on March 07, 2023
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