Analysis of De- Pre- Scribe
Jeffrey Powell 1979 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Flummoxed by the numb fits
I get while off the clock
It's not to my advantage all this damage and the shock
Confounded by the chemicals
-not truly fit to take
saddened by a movement
not fit to decide my fate
Hopeful for a freedom
a potential without "reigns"
seeking out a paradigm shift
no longer poisoning brains
| Scheme | XAA XXXX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011011 111101 11110101110001 01010100 110111 101010 111111 101010 0010011 1010101 1101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 316 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
The conundrum of modern psychiatry, as often, the patient just seeks a new 'normal.'
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