Analysis of My cold water burns me

Daniel Waring 2009 (Mbabane)



My cold water burns me.
I burn in ecstasy; I feel the pain,
wondering if I was ever sane.
Standing as the water burns my skin,
the toll on my body, the ecstasy within.

I want to leave but can't,
I want to live but I won't,
as the walls cave in, I feel condoned.

The water keeps falling, and the pain grows,
pushing and pulling, begging for more.
As the water continues to flow,
I feel the pain deep in my core.
All I could think about were the days of yore
when I could leave, fly, and soar.

The door is right there,
but if I leave, they will all stare,
as I am tangled in a fight between ecstasy and despair.
Will I slowly fall and become impaired?

As the water gets hotter,
and the steam clouds my view,
I wonder and ponder
what happened to everything of value?

And as I burn in the water of ecstasy,
I close my eyes, knowing this will continue endlessly.


Scheme ABBCC XXX XDXDDD EEEX FGFG AA
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 1101001101 100111101 101010111 011110010001 111111 1111111 101101101 0101100011 100101011 101001011 11011011 11110100111 1111101 01111 11111111 1111000101100001 1110100101 1010110 001111 110010 110110110 011100101100 11111011010100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 862
Words 196
Sentences 11
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 3, 6, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 28

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about addiction and not being able to escape it

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Written on January 26, 2024

Submitted by dannywaring21 on February 20, 2024

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Daniel Waring

I am a high school student attending a boarding school. Writing becomes my solace when I'm away from home. Born in Swaziland to loving parents, I now reside in a boarding school in South Africa. Writing is one of my favorite ways to feel liberated. I aspire to share my passion for poetry with others. Though I'm not the best, I hope you enjoy my work. more…

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