Analysis of Dissociated Rage
I wake,
Writhing against invisible bonds.
Whispered screams
Echo down the empty caverns of my mind.
The more I understand,
The more I wish for ignorance.
Pain and pleasure hurt the same,
Numbed inebriation my only relief.
Dissociated rage gives way to disjointed understandings.
Terrifying realisation gives way to impotent connections.
It hurts.
Everything hurts.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 100101001 101 10101010111 01101 01111100 1010101 1111001 111110100010 1001111100010 11 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 364 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 299 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
About this poem
First published in Bound to the Wings of a Butterfly, this poem expresses the pain of healing from trauma and intricacies of dissociation as a coping strategy.
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Written on July 15, 2022
Submitted by zacpphillips on July 16, 2022
Modified on March 15, 2023
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