Analysis of The Addict
He has one thought and is numb from all pain;
he thinks of things that are so vain...
He, himself, his drugs and pipe;
when and where?...Everynight.
His family and friends are now far from view;
once a very proud father of two.
At first it was fun at parties with kids'
creeping away from his babies cribs.
Excitement and thrills, like when he was young;
now an old man of forty-one.
His suit of black and tie of red;
can no longer cover up the unexplainable things that
he said.
His wrinkles show through and drown out his smile;
for just one rock he'd sell his own child.
His wife is gone, children too;
his job and home bid him ahdue.
He is left with nobody, no family or friends;
althrough he still has all the terrible sins.
Now he lays in the grass in his perfect black suit;
with a gun in his hand ready to shoot.
Trigger is pulled, no thoughts in head;
don't need no drugs or family and friends.
His eyes won't open, his heart won't beat;
his mouth won't move so he can speak.
He is gone from here where he is safe;
from pain and suffering now feeling great.
He'll never be there to tuck you in;
or to say "goodnight" at the nights end.
Love him now even more;
and show respect to the poor.
You never know how life will end;
but stay away from people like him.
Scheme | AA XB CC XX XX BBB XB BB DX BB BD BX XB XB XX BX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 11111111 1011101 101 11000111111 101011011 1111111011 100111101 0100111111 11111101 11110111 11101010010011 11 1101101111 111111111 1111101 1101111 11111110011 1111101001 111001010111 1010111011 10111101 1111110001 111101111 11111111 111111111 1101001101 110111110 11111011 111101 0101101 11011111 110111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,364 |
Words | 297 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
written in 2005. One of my first.
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Written on April 08, 2005
Submitted by solsticesky3 on June 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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