Analysis of My Name is Fibromyalgia



My name is Fibromyalgia and I live within
I wanted to introduce myself; so, it is here I will begin
I know you’ve seen the doctor hoping to be cured
Well that’s not going to happen despite what he assured

He took long enough to find me, as I lay in wait
I will upset and frustrate him, but it is you he will come to hate
I pretend to be so many other things to get him all confused
But each time his test will find nothing; as your body I abused

Medically I am a problem that none of them can solve
But while they are still looking I will eat at your resolve
I take from you your energy and in return give you fatigue
No one can see it happen; so they will not notice or believe

I will make your daily life a struggle; and I will take away sleep
In return I will give you pain so bad, often you will weep
You will be tired all of the day but unable to sleep at night
I will give you lots of things, and all of it just for spite

I am a hundred different faces and each one will take its toll
And I am running rampant in your body, you will have no control
Despite living properly with your diet; and perhaps some exercise as well
None of it matters to me; I am here to give you hell

There is no amount of medicine any one of you can possibly take
That will mask all of the pain I give; that is your first mistake
As for all of the other things go ahead and try to sort them out
You will only end up compromising; of this I have no doubt

Now that I have told you of the things that I intend to do
And I have introduced myself from deep inside of you
Even though you know me it will not do you any good
Because to the medical profession I will remain misunderstood


Scheme AABB CCDD EEXX FFGG HHII JJKK LLMM
Poetic Form Quatrain  (86%)
Metre 111101101 110101111111101 111101010111 11110110011101 1110111111101 1101011111111111 10111110101111101 1111111101110101 10011010111111 11111101111101 1111110000011101 1111110111110101 11111010100111011 001111111110111 11110110110101111 11111110111111 11010100100111111 01110100110111101 0110100111000111011 11110111111111 1110111001011111001 111110111111101 11110101101011111 111011100111111 111111101110111 011011110111 10111111111101 01101000101101001
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,672
Words 353
Sentences 1
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 46
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 186
Words per stanza (avg) 49
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Submitted by abielias1 on May 19, 2022

Modified on April 28, 2023

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