Analysis of Ambulance
Where’s the ambulance?
the medic?
the nurse?
Can’t you see
I’m f*cking dying here
Are you blind?
I need an ambulance
A doctor
A nurse
What the f*ck is he doing here?
Who let him in?
Where’s my Mother?
Mother
Mother
I want my mother
I could smell his rancid breath
As he leant over and mumbled
the Ritus Continuus
What the f*ck is he doing here?
Who let him in?
I need an ambulance
I need a dr
Not a priest
Definitely not a priest
I could hear his rosary beads rattling
in his shaking hands
as he whispered
“Our lord the redeemer”
into my ear
Get him the f*ck away from me
Get him out of here
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
What’s he doing here?
I need a dr
not a shaman
I need an ambulance
Not a sermon
What’s he doing here?
I don’t need a priest
I don’t need prayers
I don’t need saved
I don’t need blessed
I need a medic
I need an ambulance
I’m dying for f*cks sake
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe
I want my mother
Mother
Mother
Mother……..
Where’s the ambulance?
Where’s the medic?
Where’s the nurse?
Where’s my mother?
I need my mother
Mother
Mother
Mother
Scheme | AbcdefAgcEHGGGGijaEHAKllmnoeedePPEKqAqElrstbAuPPGGGGAbcGgGGG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (52%) Etheree (43%) |
Metre | 10100 010 01 111 111101 111 111100 010 01 101111101 1110 1110 10 10 11110 1111101 111010010 011 101111101 1110 111100 1101 101 1000101 1111100110 01101 1110 10101 0111 110110111 11111 111 111 01101 1101 1010 111100 1010 01101 11101 1111 1111 1111 11010 111100 1101111 111 111 11110 10 10 10 10100 1010 101 1110 11110 10 10 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 1,141 |
Words | 244 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 60 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 807 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 209 |
About this poem
Panic before death
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