Analysis of Afraid
Afraid to go to sleep at night.
Afraid of the demons I keep out of sight.
Afraid of letting them take control.
Afraid of falling back into that hole.
Afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing.
Afraid of being a puppet controlled by a string.
Afraid of becoming what I don't want to be.
Afraid of others and what they'll think of me.
Afraid of letting a loved one down.
Afraid that this fear will leave a permanent frown.
Afraid of facing my tortured past.
Afraid of being considered last.
Afraid of making someone feel low.
Afraid of the feeling of letting go.
Just afraid.
| Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111111 01101011111 011101101 0111010111 01110110011 0111001001101 011010111111 01110011111 011100111 011111101001 011101101 011100101 01110111 0110101101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 559 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 16 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 451 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 106 |
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