Analysis of Mugshot



I saw your mugshot online today.
I wish I could say I was surprised,
But I already learned your real game,
And knew that bottle would be your demise.

I would like to tell you I am sorry
That you found yourself back in a cell,
Or bussed back across the border
Into your past, uncertain hell,

But that apology belongs to me
For failing to love myself enough
That I drank in your endless lies,
And craved your poisoned draft of love.


Scheme XXXA BCXC BXAX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (33%)
Metre 1111101 111111101 110101111 0111011101 1111111110 111011001 11101010 01110101 1101000111 11011101 11101101 01110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 432
Words 92
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Written on January 24, 2024

Submitted by TheSaltySpinster on January 25, 2024

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Celeste Fritsche

While I often dabbled in writing poetry growing up, I have recently found a new passion for doing so. When not at my desk job, or walking one of my dogs, I am typically writing poems, painting, wood burning, hand etching glass, or occasionally working with resin. I love to create, and I hope that my creations put a little bit of beauty back into this often dark and broken world. more…

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