Analysis of The Thirst
Derrick E Carey 1981 (Sarasota)
In the midst of confusion
The thirst grows stronger
With every waking moment
My mind grows weary
And turns fragment
And turns the images into nightmares
Questioning myself
How long will this last
Without feeding on the nectar of the gods
That gave me the life I live.
Choosing not to feed is taking the very life
That has been given to me
And throwing it back into their faces
But the moon is full and the night.
Air is warm.
It’s been three days.
And I’ve grown very weak.
What am I trying to prove?
I don't really know yet.
At times I long for the death
The death that I can't come back from
And at times I long for
The life that I once lived
In the warmth of the sun.
Scheme | ABCDCEFGHIJDKLMNOPQRSTUA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0011010 01110 11001010 11110 0110 010100011 1001 11111 01101010101 1110111 101111100101 1111011 0101101110 10111001 111 1111 011101 1111011 111011 1111101 01111111 011111 011111 001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 675 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 525 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 134 |
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Written on February 18, 2023
Submitted by DerrickECarey on February 18, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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