Analysis of Help (Unheard Cries)
Why this for which I suffer?
No Cause that thy eye can see
No one else is tormented by this bother
Why then do I feel it upon me?
My heart yearns to break away
My soul aches and cries aloud
My mind and thoughts all start to fray
But no escape is to be found
"Help me" are my last spoken words
But upon deaf ears I fear they fall
For how could my thoughts be heard
And who would listen if I call?
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1111110 1111111 1111101110 111111011 1111101 1110101 11011111 11011111 11111101 101111111 1111111 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 89 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
About this poem
Many moons ago, while struggling with a difficult childhood, at 15 I tried to put into words a darkness within me.
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