Analysis of Paxil in a Nut-Shell
Paxil in a Nut-Shell
Alone in silence.
I can hear her screaming.
Blood curdling screaming.
I cover my ears but she wont stop.
I sob.
Please stop I beg.
She screams louder.
I walk to our
I walk to my empty room.
It’s been a week since he left.
I fall to my knees screaming through my sobs.
I can hear her screaming too.
A million knives stabbing me.
All with a name.
PAIN, ANGER, FEAR, SADNESS, BETRAYAL, DEATH, HATE, ANGUISH
One knife as sharp as the next.
WHY WONT SHE STOP SCREAMING???
Am I nuts?
I stare at the bottle on the table.
Paxil it says on the label.
They promised this would stop her screaming.
A little pink pill. I swallow.
She screams.
Wait. Hello? Where did you go???
No screams.
Only the echo of my voice.
I don’t feel the knives.
I don’t feel anything.
I can function.
I…is it really I?
Am I me? Who am I?
Why cant I feel anything?
Was that me screaming?
Did I get rid of myself???
I can function. I don’t feel.
I watch as my father eats his peanuts.
CRACK!
He opens the shell to reveal the nut.
Paxil is my shell. I am the nut.
Scheme | X XAAXXXB BXXXX XXXXAC DDAEF EFXXA XGGAAX X CXH H |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 10011 01010 111010 1110 110111111 11 1111 1110 11110 1111101 1101111 1111110111 1110101 0101101 1101 1101100101110 1111101 111110 111 1110101010 1111010 110111010 01011110 11 1011111 11 10010111 11101 11110 1110 111101 111111 111110 11110 111111 1110111 1111101110 1 1100110101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,075 |
Words | 252 |
Sentences | 43 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 1, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
This is the 2nd poem in a 4 poem poetry suite. The poem describes my feelings before and during my use of the ani-depressant Paxil.
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Written on 2021
Submitted by Amirah.askander on April 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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