Analysis of "Stressed"
Striving
Trying
Crying
Writhing
Really, I’m just striving, trying to…
When I can’t, I’m crying, writhing now.
| Scheme | AAAABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 10 10 10 101110101 111110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 120 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
Stress is hard to deal with and many can relate with the feelings expressed in this poem.
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Written on April 22, 2022
Submitted by Student_777 on May 12, 2022
Modified on April 05, 2023
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