Analysis of Anxiety
Alex Graham 2007 (Colorado)
You are my worst trait
You make it so hard to think straight
In complex situations
Where all I feel is tension
You take over
You become my controller
You turn my legs into jello
I just wish I was mellow
I wish I did not overthink everything
But here is the scary thing
I wondered why I couldn’t catch my breath when I would hysterically cry
But now I know why
It was you
Who put that 5 year old girl through
The pain in her chest
No little kid should be that stressed
But you did not care
You could not see how it was unfair
And you never went away
Because there you were just the other day
My hands were shaking
My voice breaking
My body did not even feel like it belonged to me
Just set me free
Let me have my peace
Stop making my happiness decrease
I do not want to overthink anymore
Stop making me go to war
With myself
How could you not hate yourself
For what you put me through
This goodbye is long overdue
I do not want you anymore
So now I am going to ignore
Every time you come and knock on my door
Scheme | AABCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKFFLLMMNNOOHHNNN |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 11111 11111111 010010 1111110 1110 1011010 11110110 1111110 11111110 1110101 1101111111111001 11111 111 1111111 01001 11011111 11111 111111101 0110101 0111010101 11010 1110 11011101110111 1111 11111 110110001 11111101 1101111 11 1111101 111111 1111101 1111101 111110101 10011101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,020 |
Words | 211 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 35 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 800 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 207 |
About this poem
Anxiety has been one of my biggest struggles over the past couple of years. It progressively got worse as i got older. I sat down the other day and reflected on it and I racked my brain to figure out my first memory of having it. this poem was inspired by the day I had my first anxiety attack. This poem is a goodbye letter to my anxiety and all of the negativity it has brought to my life.
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Written on February 18, 2023
Submitted by alexgraham217 on February 20, 2023
Modified on May 03, 2023
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