Analysis of Trapped

Erin Smith 2310 (Clare Vally, SA, 5453)



Am I too broken, to be accepted
A loop, spinning like my mind,
No way out, trying to escape.
Knowing it all, but wishing I didn’t,
The burns, the ache, the scrapes.

Worrying, and trying to breathe,
I wonder if it was a mistake.
Breathing is just a distance gaze,
Chest pounding, feeling I will break.

Hopes and dreams, down the drain,
Like a gush of water pouring out.
Trying to scream out the pain,
Suffocating deeper, just wanting to shout.

Society’s expectations are too penetrating,
What if I shatter, what if I fall?
What if I break, and collapse
What do I do when I choose to leave?

I try to protect, but can it be,
what I feared, what I despise
I become to be?


Scheme AXXAX XBXB CDCD XXXX EXE
Poetic Form Etheree  (25%)
Metre 1111011010 0110111 11110101 101111011 010101 10001011 110111001 10110101 11010111 101101 101110101 1011101 1001011011 101011100 111101111 1111001 111111111 111011111 1111101 10111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 675
Words 147
Sentences 9
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

I wrote this to share the struggles in people's lives.

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Written on August 08, 2023

Submitted by essmith on August 07, 2023

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