Analysis of Fixation
Lights out -
I can feel my heart beat
In my fingertips
Every breath
in and out and in and out
The weight of the blanket presses against my legs
My face buried into the pillow
My body sunken into the mattress
An itch on my knee
An itch on my back
I can’t sleep.
Crust building in the corners of my eyes
They feel so heavy.
My body cannot keep up with my mind
It never ends.
A tear rolls down my cheek
And leaves that familiar cold.
I can feel my prickly legs scrape against each other -
There’s that heartbeat again.
And I’m still following each breath
in and out and in and out
And there goes my alarm.
Scheme | axxbAxxxcxx xcxxxxxxbAx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 111111 0110 1001 0010001 011010100111 111001010 1101001010 11111 11111 111 1100010111 11110 1101011111 1101 011111 0110101 1111101101110 11101 01110011 0010001 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 621 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 11 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
About this poem
This poem was inspired by feelings of anxiety and insomnia that can result. Oftentimes, when those feelings become overwhelming, they become debilitating.
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Written on May 10, 2023
Submitted on May 17, 2023
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