Analysis of Unraveling Shadows
In the labyrinth of a restless mind’s maze,
Anxiety weaves and wanders itself, making a place.
Creating a home unwanted by the beholder.
A cyclone, within a storm that won’t subside,
Churning thoughts, a relentless attacker, never-ending anxious state of mind.
Anxiety, a shadow, silently looming,
Creeping, seeping through your mind.
Echoes of anxiousness tempt those at rest.
A turbulent sea, a tornado in the chest.
The clock tick, tick, ticking,
Pirouetting rapidly, erratic in pace.
The worries caving your chest, a never-ending race.
Held captive to thoughts, a prisoner of the mind,
Anxiously pacing the corridors, searching for an exit of relief.
Solace is hard to find.
Like a thunderstorm in a tranquil sky,
An unignorable, insistent cry.
Continuing on with an invisible weight,
Falling deeper down into the gaping mouth.
Anxiety, a tempest with a voice,
Yet through the heart’s turmoil, a resilience buds.
A seed of strength, found in the flood.
For anxiety’s stronghold, though fierce and fixed,
Can be faced with fortitude, and slowly unraveled.
Scheme | XAX XBCBD DCAA BXB EEXX X XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0010101011 01001010011001 0100101010010 00101011101 1010010010101010111 01000110010 1010111 10111111 01001001001 011110 110001001 0101011010101 110110100101 100100100101110101 101111 101000101 110101 010011101001 10101010101 0100010101 11011001001 01111001 1111101 111110010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,097 |
Words | 201 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This poem in captures my long struggle with anxiety. This poem allows me to share my story and convey a universal struggle in an artistic and sensitive way. It shows the ups and downs and aims to personify the complex feeling of anxiety.
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