Analysis of Sincerely, Emotionally Scarred

Cleveland Burton Jr 1994 (Louisiana)



Sad times are here,
Good times have faded.
Memories I hold on to,
And the love feels sedated.

I’m at a time in life,
Where I’m no longer at peace.
Being far away from where your heart is,
Is leaving me emotionally wrecked and weak.

I was on a path of two roads,
And I took the one less traveled.
I see what’s waiting for me in the end,
So I’ll never throw in the towel.

Finding your one true love,
Really makes you appreciate life.
One step closer to a goal,
That’s making you become my wife.

It’s still too early to determine,
But never to early to see where it goes.
It’s better to just stay on this path,
Because it’s only God who knows.

There’s nothing wrong with crying;
Get it all on the outside.
Release all the pain and suffering,
That we tend to hold inside.

Surround yourself with positivity,
Because the negativity will come.
The battle between the two is rough,
But it’ll eventually end with one.

Check on your people,
Even if they say they’re ok.
It’s easy to hide true feelings from the world,
Because people believe you’ll be in the way.

Everyone struggles,
Everyone goes through tough times.
But in the end the only thing that matter is,
Are you going to catch it in time.


Scheme XAXX BXCX XXXD XBXB EFXF GHGH AXXE DIXI XXCX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (44%)
Metre 1111 11110 1001111 0011010 110101 1111011 1010111111 11010100101 11101111 01101110 1101011001 111010010 101111 10110101 1110101 11010111 111101010 11011011111 110111111 01110111 1101110 1111011 011010100 1111101 010111 010010011 010010111 1101000111 11110 10111111 11011110101 01100111001 1010 101111 100101011101 111011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,223
Words 267
Sentences 18
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on September 18, 2023

Submitted by Slimjim17 on September 18, 2023

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