Analysis of Melancholy reflections



Death they say is dreaded
 the thought only is fearful
 Yes, I was once like them
 scared to think I would die.
Sucked up by my worries eating deeply into my happiness
the "once was a jolly molly" now a distinct thinker.
I stand at a top and see myself fall,
 fear doesn't grip me any longer
 I feel relaxed to go.
 I open my eyes at dawn
 It's another day to soliloquize
 I only wonder how they smile in frustration hoodies are now my trending style.
The hunger to eat is taken by the thirst for redemption
The salty waters have seized to roll down my cheeks
 I am emotionless
 I am blank in feelings and words.
I only see the lights in my dreams yet wake up to this dark tunnel.
Am I not worth happiness?
 Is my being a mistake?
 I learned to make them proud
 but feel like a burden unto them.
 Oh! Having to understand other's pain
 but yours is only growing more sore
 they can't see, of course
 You're like a dead root
covered with a fresh wet soil. For how long shall I continue in this?
 Is it until the tides carry me along?
 How I long for happiness
to taste it once again
 I will be waiting
till you remember me again.


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Poetic Form
Metre 111110 0110110 111111 111111 1111101010011100 01101010100110 111010111 110111010 110111 1101111 101011010 1101011100101111101 010111101011010 010101111111 111 11101001 11010101111111110 1111100 1110001 111111 111010101 110101101 111101011 11111 11011 10101111111101001 11010110101 1111100 111101 11110 11010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,138
Words 237
Sentences 14
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 31
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 865
Words per stanza (avg) 220

About this poem

Depression isn't just a phase, it eats deep into the souls of humans, some may wish death in response to peace.

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Written on March 24, 2022

Submitted by ejiroezeobi88 on March 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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