Analysis of PTSD
Behold the aging soldier. He's grown longer in the tooth.
He wears the scars of battle that had squandered all his youth.
Although his war has ended, he finds much to his dismay.
The demons that now haunt him just don't seem to go away.
He performed his duty proudly as he served his time in hell.
The nightmares still upset him, but he hides it very well.
He tries to carry happy thoughts when he lays down to sleep.
But they will soon turn ugly 'cause his wounds are far too deep.
Outsiders just don't realize what may happen to these vets.
Their memories often fill them with a ton of life's regrets.
Try to keep them in your prayers so peace is what they find.
So many of them can't go on and they often lose their mind.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010101110001 11011101110111 1111101111101 01011111111101 101110101111101 0110111111101 11110101111111 11111101111111 01011101110111 110010111011101 1111011111111 110111110110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 724 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 564 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 140 |
About this poem
As a combat veteran, I know firsthand the trials and tribulations suffered by many. It is very real. It has taken a huge toll on the Vietnam vets over the years and will affect the vets of today more and more as time goes on.
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Written on May 13, 2022
Submitted by npirandy on February 08, 2023
Modified on May 03, 2023
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