Analysis of Dancing with Darkness



Shall we dance to the music of your heart?
Listen now, quiet down, take a step, take a bow.
Before we go fix your face, find your grace, and go on.
Smile pretty so they can't see everything wrong with you and me.

They'll watch as we spin, as we twirl, as we jump, as we whirl around and around on the empty stage.
They’ll glower at your beauty, when you smile down and look around at all their faces.
But only I will know how empty and lost you truly are.

Shall we whisper to them, our secrets that we keep?
The painted on faces, the tear stained cheeks, the silent sobs you release backstage.

Come child, come with me now as the music quiets down, as it slows, as it goes, as it stops.
Let us resume our life as one, as we have always done, just you and me.


Scheme XXXA BXX XB XA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010111 101101101101 0111111111011 11011111011101 111111111111110100110101 11011101111010111110 110111110011101 1110111010111 0101100111010110111 1111111010101111111111 110110111111111101
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 778
Words 169
Sentences 12
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 2, 2
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 52
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 38

About this poem

This poem reflects how I remember feeling in my younger years dealing with depression. Feeling like I had to hide how I was feeling, and feeling like Depression was a whole entity attached to me.

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Written on June 03, 2022

Submitted by carissaconstantini1 on June 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Carissa Constantini

I am from a small town in upstate NY, very far from any major city. I am still finding my feet in this world, and look forward to all the future experiences I have yet to have. I have a collie named Luna who lays at my feet evertime I write. more…

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