Analysis of I am not afraid



I am not afraid of storms
Storms that sunk the titanic
Storms in our everyday life
The storm that I fear
Is the storm in your eyes

I am not afraid of dark, lonely nights
Dark lonely nights where murder occurs
Dark lonely nights where screams are heard
Dark lonely nights without stars
Dark lonely nights without assurance of tommorow
The only dark lonely night that terrifies me
Is the dark lonely night I won't get to spend with you

I am not afraid of ghosts
Ghosts of the past
Ghosts of the skeletons of life
Ghosts of lost dream
Ghosts of a forbidden passion
The only ghost that can terrorize me
Is the ghost that one day
I'll have to settle for the ghost of you
Since you won't be there anymore

I am not afraid of monsters
Monsters inform of families
Monsters inform of friends
Monsters inform of relatives
Monsters that are creatures
Monsters that we keep in our closet
The only monster that can hunt me is when one day
I look into your eyes
And you would have changed
Then you'd be a monster in my eyes
Scary enough to hurt me

I am not afraid of loneliness
Loneliness when I have to walk to school alone
Loneliness when I sit alone to have my meals
Loneliness when I take coffee
Loneliness when I watch the stars
The only loneliness that I am afraid of
Is when I can no longer have you in my life
Then loneliness would really scare me


Scheme XXABC XDXEBFG XXAXXFHGX DXXXDXHCXCF XXXFEXAF
Poetic Form Etheree  (28%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1110111 1110010 10101011 01111 101011 1110111101 110111001 11011111 1101011 11010101011 01011011101 1011011111111 1110111 1101 11010011 1111 11010010 010111101 101111 1111010111 1111101 11101110 10011100 100111 10011100 101110 1011101010 0101011111111 110111 01111 111010011 1001111 111011100 100111111101 100111011111 10011110 10011101 010100111011 111111011011 110011011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,344
Words 260
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 9, 11, 8
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 216
Words per stanza (avg) 51

About this poem

This poem shows the storms we face in love and nothing in this world makes a person weak like the person they love and that drives the mood of fear.

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Written on June 05, 2022

Submitted by jerusamentrin on July 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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