Analysis of A Pain No one Speaks Of
Ann Marie 1989 (New Hampshire)
No one dared talk about it
It was only the unknown
To feel it was to get hit
and to feel your guts get blown
A stigma in the zone of me
I wish I were out to sea
Though my time here would be brief
At least then I would be free.
The pain it coils inside
Sometimes it’s all I think of
and I have nothing beside
me as I’m on the brink of
Agony, insanity
No one wants to hear me speak
Of this, this calamity
Of which I am at the peak
Those little bits of respite
are so very dear to me
and I am very desperate
that I find them in my dreams.
We need to talk about it
Pain that cannot be buried
Every day, another hit
On and on builds the fury.
It’s time I tell this story
My heart is filled with worry
But now we must not quarry
I speak not for the glory.
We all have a tale to tell
some more painful than others
toss the coins into the well
and hold on to your mother.
Every day I tolerate
Never-ending pain within
If only I could abate
Have I committed a sin?
So, here is my tale for you
read it when you’re feeling blue
There is so much you can do
so don’t just sit there and brood.
Your pain does not define you
Even when it feels that way
Do not let your feelings stew
and slowly embrace the day
We’re all in this together.
Scheme | ABAB CCXC DEDE CFCF ACAX AXAC CCCC GXGH IJIJ KKKX KLKL H |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 1110001 1111111 0111111 01000111 1110111 1111111 1111111 011101 0111111 0111001 1111011 1000100 1111111 1110100 1111101 1101110 1110111 0111010 1111011 1111011 1110110 10010101 1011010 1111110 1111110 1111110 1111010 1110111 1110110 1010101 0111110 1001110 1010101 1101101 1101001 1111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111011 1011111 1111101 0100101 0101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,245 |
Words | 278 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
About my trials and tribulations with Interstitial Cystitis.
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Written on July 17, 2022
Submitted by annem.98600 on July 17, 2022
Modified by acronimous on July 18, 2022
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