Analysis of Sshhhhhh

Jodie Murphy 1978 (London)



Hide and seek, it’s not all bleak
I sometimes lay under the bed
Curl into a ball I don’t breathe to deep
It’s a place I feel quite warm.

I hide from me it separates we
In all our natural form
If I stop  and think, try not to drink
Does hiding make sense at all

Hiding when mad hiding when sad
I hide even when I’m feeling glad
In a cupboard of secluded space it’s the look of disgust you’ll see on my face

I don’t want to be heard,  don’t want to be found
Just want to hide from the whole wide world
Next time you walk past a bed just think underneath is the place I love best

It could sound cute and to some quite sweet
But I’m no longer a child playing hide and seek
I get some peace a place that’s safe
It’s nice it’s quiet
So sssshhhhhhh


Scheme AXXB XBXX CCD XXX XAXXD
Poetic Form
Metre 1011111 10111001 1010111111 1011111 11111101 01101001 111011111 1101111 10111011 111011101 00101010110110111111 11111111111 111110111 11111011101101111 111101111 111100110101 11110111 11110 11
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 773
Words 163
Sentences 2
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 3, 3, 5
Lines Amount 19
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 31

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A time where I was feeling trapped and lost . It was 2013

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Submitted by jodiemurphy78 on August 08, 2023

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