Analysis of Healthy Self-Hate
A fear of me boiled over a first date;
shooting stars overshadowed
the autumn in her evening green eyes.
The hate wired in me
is sufficient for us both.
Loosen the tension in your chest.
I’ve got the guilt concealed.
The stigma of what I know not
The cartel of broken dreams
cloaks agony in my heart of hysteria.
When I beheld your gaze, it was clear
I’m a game you play
between commercials breaks.
Again, I’m me.
The one nobody sees.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLMDN |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0111110011 101010 010001011 011001 1010111 10010011 110101 01011111 0011101 110001110100 11111111 10111 010101 0111 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 440 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 339 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
About this poem
A man with self-hate takes inventory of his thoughts.
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Written on October 10, 2022
Submitted by driownu2 on October 10, 2022
Modified on March 15, 2023
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